• PEOPLE NAME: CENTRAL BOLIVIAN QUECHUA OF ARGENTINA

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By Benjamin Kelm

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PEID: 17334

ROP: 108236

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: South Bolivian Quechua - (quh)

Alternate Name(s): Kolla

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Argentina

Also found in: Bolivia; United States

Population: 216,000

Global Population: 2,007,400


PEID: 17334

ROP: 108236

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Central Bolivian Quechua of Argentina, numbering 216,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Quechua people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,007,400 in 3 countries. Their primary language is South Bolivian Quechua. The primary religion practiced by the Central Bolivian Quechua is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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