• PEOPLE NAME: ATACAMA OF ARGENTINA


PEID: 50146

ROP: 105433

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Kunza

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Argentina

Also found in: Chile

Population: 15,000

Global Population: 50,500


PEID: 50146

ROP: 105433

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Atacama of Argentina, numbering 15,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 50,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Atacama is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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