LOCATION IN COUNTRY: Centered around the city of Allada, 30 miles north of the coast.

AREA POPULATED BY AYIZO: Approximately 3600 square miles.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 325,000

LANGUAGE: Ayizo

AVERAGE INCOME: $1,000 per year

LITERACY: 20 percent know French

COMMON DISEASES: Malnutrition, malaria, hepatitis, polio, leprosy, tuberculosis, cholera, and typhoid

PRIMARY RELIGION: Voodoo/Animism

OTHER RELIGIONS: Christian (all first generation), Catholic, Muslim, other cults

EVANGELISM STATUS: Unreached

PRONOUNCIATIONS: Ayizo (eye ee zo)      Benin (been in)