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Kʼicheʼ Language
Kʼicheʼ (, also known as among its speakers), or Quiché (), is a Mayan language of Guatemala, spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of the central highlands. With over a million speakers (some 7% of Guatemala's population), Kʼicheʼ is the second most widely-spoken language in the country, after Spanish. It is also the most widely-spoken indigenous American language in Mesoamerica. The Central dialect is the most commonly used in media and education. Despite a low literacy rate, Kʼicheʼ is increasingly taught in schools and used on the radio. The most famous work in the Classical Kʼicheʼ language is the ''Popol Vuh'' (''Popol Wuʼuj'' in modern spelling). Dialects Kaufman (1970) divides the Kʼicheʼ complex into the following five dialects, with the representative municipalities given as well (quoted in Par Sapón 2000:17): ;East *Joyabaj *Zacualpa *Cubulco *Rabinal *San Miguel Chicaj ;West *Nahualá *Santa Clara La Laguna *Santa Lucía Utatlán *Aldea Argueta, Sololá * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Kʼicheʼ Language
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Zunil
Zunil () is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of .Zunil at Inforpressca The town of Zunil is located from the city of , on the bank of the .Cattelan 2004, p.36. Zunil has an altitude of approximately . The population of the munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantel, Guatemala
Cantel is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department in Guatemala. It is located east of the city of Quetzaltenango and has an area of 52.6 km2. The town of Cantel, with a population of 35,825 (2018 census), Population of cities & towns in Guatemala is situated at an altitude of 2,370 metres. Cantel includes the small archaeological sites of and Cerro Quiac
Cerro Quiac () (K'iaq and K'iaqb'al in the K'iche language) ...
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Aldea Argueta
Aldea is a Spanish word meaning "hamlet". It may refer to: People *Alexander I Aldea (1397–1436), Prince of Wallachia * Aurel Aldea (1887–1949), Romanian general and anti-communist resistance leader *Bogdan Aldea (born 1981), Romanian football player * Dan Andrei Aldea (1950–2020), Romanian rock multi-instrumentalist *José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea (1779–1841), Chilean politician *Juan de Dios Aldea (1853–1879), Chilean sailor * Ramón Aldea (born 1932), Filipino archer Places Antarctica * Aldea Island, one of the Bugge Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula Argentina * Aldea Apeleg, a village and municipality in Chubut Province *Aldea Asunción, a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province * Aldea Beleiro, a village and municipality in Chubut Province * Aldea Epulef, a village and municipality in Chubut Province * Aldea Escolar, a village and municipality in Chubut Province * Aldea Protestante, a village in Entre Ríos Province * Aldea Salto, a village in Entre Rios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Lucía Utatlán
Santa Lucía Utatlán () is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. Climate Santa Lucia Utatlan has a subtropical highland climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ... (Cwb) dry, cold winters and rainy, cool summers. References Municipalities of the Sololá Department {{Guatemala-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Clara La Laguna
Santa Clara La Laguna () is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H .... Location: Lat: 14°42'49" N Lon: 91°18'16" W UTM: Zone 15. Lat. 1628750 N Lon. 682600 E {{coord, 14, 43, N, 91, 18, W, display=title, region:GT_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Municipalities of the Sololá Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahualá
Nahualá () is a Municipalities of Guatemala, municipality in the Sololá Department, Sololá department of Guatemala. The town is sometimes known as Santa Catalina Nahualá in honor of the town's patron saint, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, but the official name is just "Nahualá". Formerly, the town's name was written Nagualá, and earlier transcriptions of the name in colonial documents include Nauala, Niguala, Niuala, and Navala. Nahualá or Nawala' is also the Kʼicheʼ language, Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) language name for the Nahualate River, which is called ''Niwala''' in the local Nahualá language, Nahualá dialect. The river has its source in the north of the township of Nahualá, and flows through the center of the town's ''cabecera'' ("head-town"). Nahualá is the location of radio station Nawal Estereo, the Internet-accessible modern successor to the station Voz de Nahualá, La Voz de Nahualá, which was founded in Nahualá with the assistance of Roman Catholic clerics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel Chicaj
San Miguel Chicaj () is a town and municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. San Miguel Chicaj has an area of 280 Km², which makes one of the largest municipality of Baja Verapaz Department. It has a population of 33,131 (2018 census), mostly of achí background. History According to an old local legend, the name "San Miguel Chicaj" came from the time that Saint Michael Archangel descended from Heaven and landed on the region. On the Municipality of Salamá minutes, San Miguel Chicaj was founded on 23 October 1803 and raised to fourth category municipality in 1877, by the government of general Justo Rufino Barrios. Commercial activities San Miguel Chijal is a farming community; its main produces are corn, beans and sugar cane, while its people also works with chickens and livestock, producing eggs, meat and several dairy products. Climate San Miguel Chicaj has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: ''Aw''). Geographic location See also * Baja Verap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabinal
Rabinal is a small town, with a population of 15,157 (2018 census), Population of cities & towns in Guatemala located in the n of , at . It serves as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality covers an area of 336 km² with a population of 40,797 (2018 census). The local people are predominantly [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubulco
Cubulco is a small town, with a population of 10,681 (2018 census), Population of cities & towns in Guatemala located in the Guatemalan department of , at . It serves as the administrative seat for the surrounding of the same name. The municipality covers an area of 711 km² and has a population of 54,869 (2018). History Before the Spanish conquest Worried about the defection of the aj K’ub’ul family chief -who had taken his family away in order to look for fertile and, above all, pa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
