• PEOPLE NAME: ORIZABA NAHUATL OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39192

ROP: 107679

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Aztec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Orizaba Aztec, Orizaba Aztec, Náhuatl de la Sierra de Zongolica, Náhuatl de la Sierra de Zongolica; Orizaba Aztec, Nahuatl de la Sierra de Zongolica

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 211,000

Global Population: 211,000


PEID: 39192

ROP: 107679

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Orizaba Nahuatl of Mexico, numbering 211,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Aztec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Orizaba Nahuatl 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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