• PEOPLE NAME: OMAGUACA OF ARGENTINA


PEID: 50152

ROP: 116322

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Argentina

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Population: 7,400

Global Population: 7,400


PEID: 50152

ROP: 116322

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Omaguaca of Argentina, numbering 7,400, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Argentina. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Omaguaca 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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