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The Chimborazo Highland Quichua of Ecuador

The Chimborazo Highland Quichua of Ecuador, numbering approximately 1,010,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Kichwa people of Ecuador's central Andean highlands, especially Chimborazo Province, whose communities have a history shaped by hacienda-era life and later Indigenous ethnic resurgence. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Chimborazo Highland Quichua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quichua, Chimborazo Highland

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Ecuador
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Chimborazo Highland Quichua (qug)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,010,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017464
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chimborazo Highland Quichua
Language Family: Quechuan

80%
%
Quichua, Chimborazo Highland Speakers

Media Resources in Chimborazo Highland Quichua:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Chimborazo Highland Quichua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society of Ecuador✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Chimborazo Highland Quichua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Chimborazo Highland Quichua are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Chimborazo Highland Quichua:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Chimborazo Highland Quichua of Ecuador

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
read1 Peter 3:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live in harmony with one another, showing sympathy, love, compassion, and humility.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Quichua, Chimborazo Highland Across Countries (ROP3 - 102119) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Chimborazo Highland QuichuaPG017464Chimborazo Highland QuichuaEcuador1,010,000No Longer UnreachedChimborazo Highland QuichuaEthnoreligion

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