• PEOPLE NAME: TLACOLULITA ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39220

ROP: 109463

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Zapoteco de Asuncion Tlacolulita, Southeastern Yautepec, Southeastern Yautepec Zapotec, Southeastern Yautepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Asunción Tlacolulita, Zapoteco de Asunción Tlacolulita, Tlacolulita, Southeastern Yautepec Zapotec; Zapoteco de Asunción Tlacolulita, Zapoteco, Zapotec, SE Yautepec Zapotec, Tlacolulita

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 1,400

Global Population: 1,400


PEID: 39220

ROP: 109463

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Tlacolulita Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 1,400, 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 Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Tlacolulita Zapotec 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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