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The Eastern Miahuatlan Zapotec of Mexico

The Eastern Miahuatlan Zapotec of Mexico, numbering approximately 7,800 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 Mixtepec Zapotec is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Zapotec
Primary Language(s): Mixtepec Zapotec (zpm)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 7,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039181
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Pray for the Eastern Miahuatlan Zapotec of Mexico

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

93%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mixtepec Zapotec
Language Family: Otomanguean

98%
%
Zapotec, Mixtepec Speakers

Media Resources in Mixtepec Zapotec:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Mixtepec Zapotec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1998, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.✓✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Eastern Miahuatlan 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 Eastern Miahuatlan 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 Eastern Miahuatlan Zapotec of Mexico

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
read1 Peter 3:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live in harmony with one another, showing sympathy, love, compassion, and humility.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Zapotec, Mixtepec Across Countries (ROP3 - 102822) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Eastern Miahuatlan ZapotecPG039181Eastern Miahuatlan ZapotecMexico7,800No Longer UnreachedMixtepec ZapotecFolk Catholicism

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