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The Santiago de Estero Quichua of Argentina

The Santiago de Estero Quichua of Argentina, numbering approximately 60,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are descendants of Quechua-speaking yanaconas brought from Peru and Chile by Spanish colonists who founded Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1553, in an area earlier home to the Tonocote and Sanavirona peoples. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Santiago del Estero Quichua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quichua, Santiago de Estero

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Santiago del Estero Quichua (qus)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 60,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017364
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Santiago del Estero Quichua
Language Family: Quechuan

50%
%
Quichua, Santiago del Estero Speakers

Media Resources in Santiago del Estero Quichua:

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Bible Resources in Santiago del Estero Quichua:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Santiago de Estero Quichua are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Santiago de Estero Quichua:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Santiago de Estero Quichua of Argentina

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Quichua, Santiago del Estero Across Countries (ROP3 - 108678) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Santiago de Estero QuichuaPG017364Santiago de Estero QuichuaArgentina60,000Engaged yet UnreachedSantiago del Estero QuichuaEthnoreligion

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