• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHEASTERN NOCHIXTLAN MIXTEC OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39145

ROP: 108682

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Santo Domingo Muxaa, Mixtec, Nuxa, Mixteco del Sureste de Nochixtlán, Mixteco de Nuxaá, Mixteco de Nuxaá; Mixteco de Santo Domingo Nuxaá; Mixteco del Sureste de Nochixtlán, Mixteco de Santo Domingo Nuxaá

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 5,100

Global Population: 5,100


PEID: 39145

ROP: 108682

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Southeastern Nochixtlan Mixtec of Mexico, numbering 5,100, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mixtec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Southeastern Nochixtlan Mixtec is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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