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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:
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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

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
readPsalm 22:26

Pray that the lost will feel a deep hunger for God, be drawn to Him in their affliction, and find lasting satisfaction and salvation in Him alone.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern Huancayo QuechuaPG017594Southern Huancayo QuechuaPeru250,000No Longer UnreachedHuaylla Wanca QuechuaFolk Catholicism

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