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SUMATRA
1 Sumatra is the largest unevangelized island on earth
2 Christians are strong among formerly animist peoples – the only areas where the Dutch colonial administration allowed mission work
a) Bataks speaking seven languages and totalling 6.5 million
b) The Nias (530,000) and Mentawai (55,000) living on islands off Sumatra's west coast
c) The Chinese, mostly in the cities and industrial areas
3 The Muslim majority has had little exposure to the gospel
4 The unreached:
a) The 3 million Aceh people of northern Sumatra are strongly Muslim
b) The less strongly Muslim peoples of North Sumatra
c) The Minangkabau of West Sumatra
d) The Malay-related peoples of Eastern and Southern Sumatra,
e) The Muslim peoples of Central and South Sumatra, all of whom are without a congregation of believers
f) The peoples of Lampung in the south
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Area 473,000 sq.km.
Population 40,477,000 in seven provinces
Major peoples: Aceh, Batak, Minangkabau, Deli, Riau,
Lampung and many Melayu (Malay) sub-groups.
Official figures (1985): Muslim 85.9%; Christian 10.7% (Protestant 9.2%, Catholic 1.5%); Buddhist 2.2%; Hindu 0.5%; Other (including animist) 0.7%.
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Challenges for Prayer 
Geography - Sumatra 
Peoples - Sumatra 
Religion - Sumatra