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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Apurimac Quechua of Peru

The Apurimac Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 158,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Peru They are an Indigenous people, with Quechua / Quichua as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Eastern Apurímac Quechua.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quechua, Apurimac

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Eastern Apurímac Quechua (qve)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 158,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017498
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Apurímac Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

50%
%
Quechua, Eastern Apurímac Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Apurímac Quechua:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Eastern Apurímac Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2013 Wycliffe✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Eastern Apurímac Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Apurimac Quechua are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Apurimac Quechua:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Apurimac Quechua of Peru

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Quechua, Apurimac Across Countries (ROP3 - 100421) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Apurimac QuechuaPG017498Apurimac QuechuaPeru158,000Engaged yet UnreachedEastern Apurímac QuechuaEthnoreligion

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