• PEOPLE NAME: CENTRAL MAM OF GUATEMALA

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PEID: 50327

ROP: 110793

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Maya

Language: Mam - (mam)

Alternate Name(s): Comitancillo, Marquense, Occidental

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Guatemala

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Population: 190,000

Global Population: 190,000


PEID: 50327

ROP: 110793

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Central Mam of Guatemala, numbering 190,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maya people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Guatemala. Their primary language is Mam. The primary religion practiced by the Central Mam 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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