PEID: 39217
ROP: 100594
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Affinity Group: American Peoples
Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans
People Cluster: Zapotec
Language: Spanish - (spa)
Alternate Name(s): Ixtlán Zapoteco; Zapoteco de Atepec; Etla Zapotec; Western Ixtlán Zapotec; Zapoteco de Santa Ana Yareni; Zapoteco de Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez
Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism
Country: Mexico
Also found in: United States
Population: 6,200
Global Population: 8,000
Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
Overview: The Ixtlan Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 6,200, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 8,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Ixtlan 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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