• PEOPLE NAME: COCOPAH OF MEXICO


PEID: 48663

ROP: 102250

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): River People, Cocopah, Kikimá, Kwikapá, Cucupá, Cocopá, Cucapá

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 325

Global Population: 1,125


PEID: 48663

ROP: 102250

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Cocopah of Mexico, numbering 325, 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 1,125 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Cocopah is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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