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The Aloapam Zapotec of Mexico

The Aloapam Zapotec of Mexico, numbering approximately 2,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of southern Mexico, primarily concentrated in the state of Oaxaca, with a long history of cultural continuity from pre-Columbian times to the present. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Aloápam Zapotec is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Zapotec, Aloapam

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Zapotec
Primary Language(s): Aloápam Zapotec (zaq)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 2,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039175
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Pray for the Aloapam Zapotec of Mexico

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

84%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Aloápam Zapotec
Language Family: Otomanguean

99%
%
Zapotec, Aloápam Speakers

Media Resources in Aloápam Zapotec:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Aloápam Zapotec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc✓✓
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.✓✓✓

2 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aloapam Zapotec 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 Aloapam Zapotec:
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 Aloapam Zapotec of Mexico

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Zapotec, Aloapam Across Countries (ROP3 - 108469) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Aloapam ZapotecPG039175Aloapam ZapotecMexico2,500No Longer UnreachedAloápam ZapotecFolk Catholicism

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