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Jamaicans of Panama

Photo source: The Masters View / Howard Erickson

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
329,000	Jamaican Creole English	Christianity	90.00 %	28.00 %			3.2

Jamaicans of Panama

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Bocas del Toro, Colón, and Rio Abajo in Panama City
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Jamaicans

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Panamanian Black

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Population in Country:

329,000

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

NFB68a

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Language

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Primary Language:

(329,000 Speakers)

jam

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Religion ^[4]

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Religion Sub-division:

Protestant

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	90.00 %	(Evangelical: 28.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	4.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	5.00 %
Other / Small	1.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	4.00 %
Independent	12.00 %
Protestant	43.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	12.00 %
Roman Catholic	29.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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3.2

Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

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None Reported

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None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Jamaican Creole English

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