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The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 51,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to Peru's Pasco region. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quechua, Pasco-Yanahuanca

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua (qur)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 51,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017583
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

30%
%
Quechua, Chaupihuaranga Speakers

Media Resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua:

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Bible Resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pasco-Yanahuanca 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 Pasco-Yanahuanca 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 Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
read1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
readIsaiah 51:11

Pray that, as God sends people to cross cultures and share the good news of Jesus, many will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith and start a personal relationship with Him that will bring them everlasting joy.

Quechua, Yanahuanca Pasco Across Countries (ROP3 - 108241) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Pasco-Yanahuanca QuechuaPG017583Pasco-Yanahuanca QuechuaPeru51,500No Longer UnreachedYanahuanca Pasco QuechuaProtestantism

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