• PEOPLE NAME: PAEZ OF COLOMBIA

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PEID: 16267

ROP: 107740

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Páez - (pbb)

Alternate Name(s): Nasa Yuwe; Nasa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Colombia

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Population: 148,000

Global Population: 148,000


PEID: 16267

ROP: 107740

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Paez of Colombia, numbering 148,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Colombia. Their primary language is Páez. The primary religion practiced by the Paez is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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