• PEOPLE NAME: PAPANTLA TOTONAC OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39252

ROP: 105888

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Other Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Lowland Totonaca, Totonaco de Papantla

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 94,500

Global Population: 94,500


PEID: 39252

ROP: 105888

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Papantla Totonac of Mexico, numbering 94,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Central American Indigenous 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 Papantla Totonac 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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