• PEOPLE NAME: PART-INDIAN OF PANAMA

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PEID: 50310

ROP: 103662

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Panama

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Population: 139,000

Global Population: 139,000


PEID: 50310

ROP: 103662

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Part-Indian of Panama, numbering 139,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Panama. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Part-Indian 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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