<P> According to the Ecuadorian National Institute of Statistics and Census, 91.95% of the country's population have a religion, 7.94% are atheists and 0.11% are agnostics . Among the people that have a religion, 80.44% are Roman Catholic Latin Rite (see List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador), 11.30% are Evangelical Protestants, 1.29% are Jehovah's Witnesses and 6.97% other (mainly Jewish, Buddhists and Latter - day Saints). </P> <P> In the rural parts of Ecuador, Amerindian beliefs and Catholicism are sometimes syncretized . Most festivals and annual parades are based on religious celebrations, many incorporating a mixture of rites and icons . </P> <P> There is a small number of Eastern Orthodox Christians, Amerindian religions, Muslims (see Islam in Ecuador), Buddhists and Bahá'í . According to their own estimates, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints accounts for about 1.4% of the population, or 211,165 members at the end of 2012 . According to their own sources, in 2012 there were 77,323 Jehovah's Witnesses in the country . </P> <P> The first Jews arrived in Ecuador in the 16th and 17th centuries . Most of them are Sephardic Anusim (Crypto - Jews) and many still speak Judaeo - Spanish (Ladino) language . Today the Jewish Community of Ecuador (Comunidad Judía del Ecuador) has its seat in Quito and has approximately 200 members . Nevertheless, this number is declining because young people leave the country for the United States or Israel . The Community has a Jewish Center with a synagogue, a country club, and a cemetery . It supports the "Albert Einstein School", where Jewish history, religion, and Hebrew classes are offered . There are very small communities in Cuenca . The "Comunidad de Culto Israelita" reunites the Jews of Guayaquil . This community works independently from the "Jewish Community of Ecuador" and is composed of only 30 people . </P>

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