• PEOPLE NAME: JAMAICANS OF COLOMBIA

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PEID: 16241

ROP: 104168

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples

People Cluster: Afro-American, Anglophone

Language: Jamaican English Creole - (jam)

Alternate Name(s): West Indian Black, Creole Islander, Western Caribbean Creole, Jamaican Black

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Colombia

Also found in: Bahamas; Canada; Costa Rica; Cuba; Germany; Jamaica; Panama; United Kingdom; United States; Venezuela

Population: 27,000

Global Population: 4,327,200


PEID: 16241

ROP: 104168

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Jamaicans of Colombia, numbering 27,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-American, Anglophone people cluster within the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 4,327,200 in 11 countries. Their primary language is Jamaican English Creole. The primary religion practiced by the Jamaicans is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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