• PEOPLE NAME: RINCON-YATEE ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO


PEID: 39194

ROP: 107414

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Rincón Zapotec - (zar)

Alternate Name(s): Northern Villa Alta, Zapoteco de Yagallo, (zty)Yatee. AltNames: Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Northern Villa Alta Zapotec; Zapoteco de Yagallo; Zapoteco del Rincón; Zapoteco de Yatee, (zar)Rincón, Zapoteco del Rincón, Zapoteco de Yagallo, Zapoteco de Yatee, Zapoteco de Yagallo, Zapoteco del Rincón, Zapoteco de Yatee, Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Ixtla

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 18,000

Global Population: 18,000


PEID: 39194

ROP: 107414

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Rincon-Yatee Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 18,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Rincón Zapotec. The primary religion practiced by the Rincon-Yatee Zapotec 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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