• PEOPLE NAME: HUAYLAS ANCASH QUECHUA OF PERU

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PEID: 17539

ROP: 103892

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: Huaylas Ancash Quechua - (qwh)

Alternate Name(s): Huaraz Quechua

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Peru

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Population: 336,000

Global Population: 336,000


PEID: 17539

ROP: 103892

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering 336,000, 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 Peru. Their primary language is Huaylas Ancash Quechua. The primary religion practiced by the Huaylas Ancash Quechua 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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