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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Margos Chaulan Quechua of Peru

The Margos Chaulan Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 143,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Quechua people of Peru's Huánuco highlands whose identity reflects ancient Andean heritage, adaptation to mountain communities, and membership in the broader Quechua ethnolinguistic tradition. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Margos Chaulan Quechua

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua (qvm)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 143,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017552
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

73%
%
Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Speakers

Media Resources in Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua:

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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Margos Chaulan 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 Margos Chaulan 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 Margos Chaulan Quechua of Peru

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
readPsalm 68:4

Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
readJohn 14:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere in hope, remembering that Jesus went to prepare a place for them to be with Him for eternity!

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Across Countries (ROP3 - 106327) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Margos Chaulan QuechuaPG017552Margos Chaulan QuechuaPeru143,000No Longer UnreachedMargos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha QuechuaEthnoreligion

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