• PEOPLE NAME: GUAJIBO OF VENEZUELA


PEID: 16468

ROP: 103495

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Guahibo - (guh)

Alternate Name(s): Sikuani, Goahibo, Guaigua, Guayba, Wahibo, Goahiva, Sicuani, Sikuani, Guahibo, Jibe, Jivi, Jiwi

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Venezuela

Also found in: Colombia

Population: 13,000

Global Population: 39,000


PEID: 16468

ROP: 103495

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Guajibo of Venezuela, numbering 13,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 39,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Guahibo. The primary religion practiced by the Guajibo 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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