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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 51,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to Peru's Pasco region. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quechua, Pasco-Yanahuanca

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua (qur)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 51,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017583
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Pray for the Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

30%
%
Quechua, Chaupihuaranga Speakers

Media Resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua:

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Bible Resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
readMatthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
readPsalm 68:4

Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

But Jesus called them to him, saying "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."
readLuke 18:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a burden to share the hope of Christ with children.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Quechua, Yanahuanca Pasco Across Countries (ROP3 - 108241) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Pasco-Yanahuanca QuechuaPG017583Pasco-Yanahuanca QuechuaPeru51,500No Longer UnreachedYanahuanca Pasco QuechuaProtestantism

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