• PEOPLE NAME: AGUACATEC OF GUATEMALA

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PEID: 24703

ROP: 100122

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Awakateko - (agu)

Alternate Name(s): awakatek

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Guatemala

Also found in: United States

Population: 13,000

Global Population: 14,300


PEID: 24703

ROP: 100122

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Aguacatec of Guatemala, numbering 13,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 14,300 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Awakateko. The primary religion practiced by the Aguacatec 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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