• PEOPLE NAME: CHIMILA OF COLOMBIA


PEID: 16230

ROP: 102122

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Chimila - (cbg)

Alternate Name(s): Caca Weranos, Ette Ennaka, San Jorge, Shimizya

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Colombia

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Population: 2,400

Global Population: 2,400


PEID: 16230

ROP: 102122

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Chimila of Colombia, numbering 2,400, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Colombia. Their primary language is Chimila. The primary religion practiced by the Chimila is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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