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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Cajamarca Quechua of Peru

The Cajamarca Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 30,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Andean highland people of Peru's Cajamarca valley, once ruled by the pre-Inca Cuismanco polity before Inca incorporation and later the site of Emperor Atahualpa's capture by Pizarro in 1532. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Cajamarca Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quechua, Cajamarca

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Cajamarca Quechua (qvc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 30,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017508
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cajamarca Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

73%
%
Quechua, Cajamarca Speakers

Media Resources in Cajamarca Quechua:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Cajamarca Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cajamarca 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 Cajamarca 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 Cajamarca Quechua of Peru

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
readPsalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Quechua, Cajamarca Across Countries (ROP3 - 101848) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Cajamarca QuechuaPG017508Cajamarca QuechuaPeru30,000No Longer UnreachedCajamarca QuechuaEthnoreligion

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