• PEOPLE NAME: AGUARUNA OF PERU

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Awajún - (agr)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

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Population: 55,500

Global Population: 55,500


PEID: 17492

ROP: 100125

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Aguaruna of Peru, numbering 55,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Awajún. The primary religion practiced by the Aguaruna is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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