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The Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua of Peru

The Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 15,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Quechua-speaking Indigenous people of the Pasco region of central Peru. They are centered around the district of Santa Ana de Tusi. Most identify with Roman Catholicism while maintaining a distinct Quechua cultural heritage. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quechua, Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua (qxt)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 15,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017517
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

95%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
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Quechua, Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Speakers

Media Resources in Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua:

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Bible Resources in Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco 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 Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco 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 Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua of Peru

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
readPsalm 15:1-2

Ask God to send believers who will go and, with integrity, walk blamelessly and do what is right, speaking truth about the Lord with those who need to learn about His redemption plan.

Quechua, Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Across Countries (ROP3 - 101948) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco QuechuaPG017517Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco QuechuaPeru15,500No Longer UnreachedSanta Ana de Tusi Pasco QuechuaFolk Catholicism

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