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The Iquito of Peru

The Iquito of Peru, numbering approximately 350 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a nearly extinct Zaparoan people of Peru's Loreto region along the Pintoyacu and Nanay rivers, whose population collapsed from an estimated 5,000 before contact to just 150 by the 1920s amid disease and rubber-boom exploitation. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Spanish is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 350
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046591
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Pray for the Iquito of Peru

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
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Magdalena View Film
Magdalena View Film
The Savior View Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
1569 Sagradas Escrituras ✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua ✓
Biblia de América ✓ ✓ ✓
Dios Habla Hoy ✓
La Biblia ✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos ✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional® ✓
Lenguaje Actual ✓
Reina Valera 1995 ✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea ✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865) ✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center ✓ ✓
The Word of God for All 2014 ✓ ✓

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Iquito are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Iquito:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Iquito of Peru

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

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.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
readJames 4:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will turn from worldly passions and live in unity with one another.

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
readJeremiah 29:7

Pray that God will lead the lost among them to followers of Jesus who will share the gospel with them so that they may believe and take the message of hope to their families and friends.

Iquito Across Countries (ROP3 - 104045) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Iquito PG046591 Iquito Peru 350 Engaged yet Unreached Spanish Ethnoreligion

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