• PEOPLE NAME: MACA OF PARAGUAY

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PEID: 17251

ROP: 105964

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Maca - (mca)

Alternate Name(s): Towolhi, Maka, Mak'á, Maká, Macá, Enimaca, Enimaga

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Paraguay

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Population: 1,200

Global Population: 1,200


PEID: 17251

ROP: 105964

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Maca of Paraguay, numbering 1,200, 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 Paraguay. Their primary language is Maca. The primary religion practiced by the Maca is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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