• PEOPLE NAME: MICHOACAN MAZAHUA OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Otomi

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Michoacán Mazahua

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 12,500

Global Population: 12,500


PEID: 48640

ROP: 106611

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Michoacan Mazahua of Mexico, numbering 12,500, 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 Michoacan Mazahua 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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