• PEOPLE NAME: CANARI HIGHLAND QUICHUA OF ECUADOR

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PEID: 17461

ROP: 101871

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: Cañar Highland Quichua - (qxr)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Ecuador

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Population: 168,000

Global Population: 168,000


PEID: 17461

ROP: 101871

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Canari Highland Quichua of Ecuador, numbering 168,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Quechua people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ecuador. Their primary language is Cañar Highland Quichua. The primary religion practiced by the Canari Highland Quichua 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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