• PEOPLE NAME: WESTERN HUAVE OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: San Mateo Del Mar Huave - (huv)

Alternate Name(s): Huave, Santa María del Mar, San Dionisio del Mar; Huave, San Mateo del Mar; Huave, San Dionisio del Mar, San Mateo del Mar, Huave, Huave

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 23,000

Global Population: 23,000


PEID: 39083

ROP: 108617

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Western Huave of Mexico, numbering 23,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is San Mateo Del Mar Huave. The primary religion practiced by the Western Huave 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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