• PEOPLE NAME: HIGHLAND OTOMI OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39172

ROP: 108991

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Otomi

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Otomí de la Sierra, Eastern Highland Otomi, Texcatepec Otomi, Tenango Otomi

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 74,500

Global Population: 74,500


PEID: 39172

ROP: 108991

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Highland Otomi of Mexico, numbering 74,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Otomi 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 Highland Otomi 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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