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The Southern Huancayo Quechua of Peru

The Southern Huancayo Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 250,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Wanka Quechua people of the Mantaro Valley in central Peru whose ancestry is linked to the historic Huanca nation and whose identity is expressed through the Huaylla Wanka Quechua language and Andean agricultural traditions. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Huaylla Wanca Quechua is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Huaylla Wanca Quechua (qvw)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 250,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017594
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

91%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Huaylla Wanca Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quechua, Huaylla Wanca Speakers

Media Resources in Huaylla Wanca Quechua:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Huaylla Wanca Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2006 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Huaylla Wanca Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southern Huancayo 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 Southern Huancayo 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 Southern Huancayo 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.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of host.
readJeremiah 15:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find joy and delight in the Word of the Lord.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Quechua, Huaylla Wanca Across Countries (ROP3 - 109482) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern Huancayo QuechuaPG017594Southern Huancayo QuechuaPeru250,000No Longer UnreachedHuaylla Wanca QuechuaFolk Catholicism

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