• PEOPLE NAME: SECOYA OF PERU

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PEID: 17588

ROP: 108784

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Paicoca - (sey)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

Also found in: Ecuador

Population: 900

Global Population: 1,650


PEID: 17588

ROP: 108784

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Secoya of Peru, numbering 900, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,650 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Paicoca. The primary religion practiced by the Secoya is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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