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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Cusco Quechua of Peru

The Cusco Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 2,345,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a subgroup of the broader Quechua-speaking indigenous population of the Andes, specifically centered in and around the city of Cusco (Cuzco) in southeastern Peru. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Cusco Quechua is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Cusco Quechua (quz)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 2,345,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017530
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cusco Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quechua, Cusco Speakers

Media Resources in Cusco Quechua:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Cusco Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2004 Bible Society of Peru✓✓✓
2011 Bibles International✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Cusco Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cusco Quechua 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 Cusco Quechua:
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 Cusco Quechua of Peru

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
readIsaiah 59:2

Pray that those who are separated from God will turn to Him in humility and repentance, seeking His forgiveness and the restoration of a right relationship with their Heavenly Father.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
read1 Peter 2:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim the good news and the lost will recognize their need for the Shepherd and turn to Jesus Christ in faith.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Quechua, Cusco Across Countries (ROP3 - 102341) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Cusco QuechuaPG017530Cusco QuechuaPeru2,345,000No Longer UnreachedCusco QuechuaEthnoreligion

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