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The Piapoco of United States

The Piapoco of United States, numbering approximately 150 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan ethnolingustic group of Colombia and Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Piapoco is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Piapoco

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Piapoco (pio)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 150
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043595

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Piapoco
Language Family: Arawakan

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Piapoco Speakers

Media Resources in Piapoco:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Piapoco:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Piapoco bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Piapoco 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 Piapoco:
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 Piapoco of United States

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
readPsalm 16:11

Pray that God will make a way for His path of life to be revealed to many so that they may come into His presence and experience abundant joy and eternal pleasures at His right hand.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Piapoco Across Countries (ROP3 - 108022) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PiapocoPG043595PiapocoUnited States150No Longer UnreachedPiapocoEthnoreligion
PiapocoPG016485PiapocoVenezuela1,300No Longer UnreachedPiapocoEthnoreligion
PiapocoPG016270PiapocoColombia4,900No Longer UnreachedPiapocoEthnoreligion

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