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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Piapoco of United States

The Piapoco of United States, numbering approximately 150 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan ethnolingustic group of Colombia and Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Piapoco is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Piapoco

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Piapoco (pio)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 150
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043595

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Piapoco
Language Family: Arawakan

100%
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Piapoco Speakers

Media Resources in Piapoco:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Piapoco:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Piapoco bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Piapoco 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 Piapoco:
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 Piapoco of United States

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Piapoco Across Countries (ROP3 - 108022) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PiapocoPG016270PiapocoColombia4,900No Longer UnreachedPiapocoEthnoreligion
PiapocoPG016485PiapocoVenezuela1,300No Longer UnreachedPiapocoEthnoreligion
PiapocoPG043595PiapocoUnited States150No Longer UnreachedPiapocoEthnoreligion

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