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The Ocotlan Zapotec of United States

The Ocotlan Zapotec of United States, numbering approximately 1,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as an ethnolinguisic subgroup of the Zapotec, an ethnic group indigenous to the state of Oaxaca, Mexico and can also be known as Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec, Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec; Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán, Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán.
They are an Diaspora people, with Zapotec as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans.
Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Animism.
They primarily speak Spanish.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Ocotlan Zapotec are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Ocotlan Zapotec 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.

No longer Unreached

The Ocotlan Zapotec 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.

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