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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru

The Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 336,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Peru. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Huaylas Ancash Quechua is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Huaylas Ancash Quechua (qwh)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 336,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017539
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

94%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Huaylas Ancash Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

73%
%
Quechua, Huaylas Ancash Speakers

Media Resources in Huaylas Ancash Quechua:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Huaylas Ancash Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Huaylas Ancash Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Huaylas Ancash 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 Huaylas Ancash 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 Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Quechua, Huaylas Ancash Across Countries (ROP3 - 103892) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Huaylas Ancash QuechuaPG017539Huaylas Ancash QuechuaPeru336,000No Longer UnreachedHuaylas Ancash QuechuaFolk Catholicism

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