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Xexocom
Xexocom, sometimes erroneously spelled Xexecom, is a hamlet in the municipality of Nebaj, in the Quiché Department Quiché () is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the K'iche' (Quiché) people, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word K'iche comes from the language of the same name, which means ... of Guatemala. It is located just below the Guatemalan Altiplano and has roughly 25 households. The hamlet has a school house. References {{Reflist Populated places in the Quiché Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebaj
Nebaj is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the western Guatemala highlands near the Ixil village of Santa Maria Nebaj. What is now known as the Fenton Vase was excavated from this site. It is now held in the British Museum. Villages *Xexocom Xexocom, sometimes erroneously spelled Xexecom, is a hamlet in the municipality of Nebaj, in the Quiché Department Quiché () is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the K'iche' (Quiché) people, to the north-west of Guatemala ... References Maya sites in Guatemala Archaeological sites in Guatemala {{mesoamerica-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Guatemala
The flag of Guatemala, often referred to as "Pabellón Nacional" (literally, "National Flag") or "Azul y Blanco" ("Blue and White") features two colors: Sky blue and white. The two Sky blue stripes represent the fact that Guatemala is a land located between two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean sea); and the sky over the country (see Guatemala's national anthem). The white signifies peace and purity. The blue and white colors, like those of several other countries in the region, are based on the flag of the former Federal Republic of Central America. In the center of the flag is the Guatemalan coat of arms. It includes the resplendent quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala that symbolizes liberty; a parchment scroll bearing the date of Central America's independence from Spain, 15 September 1821; crossed Remington rifles, indicating Guatemala's willingness to defend itself by force if need be; a bay laurel crown, the symbol for victory; and cros ... [...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] |
Departments Of Guatemala
Guatemala is divided into 22 Department (country subdivision), departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'') which are in turn divided into 340 Municipalities of Guatemala, municipalities. In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute, border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved. Departments See also *ISO 3166-2:GT References External resources Interactive map of Guatemalan departments and municipalities {{Americas topic, Administrative divisions of Departments of Guatemala, Subdivisions of Guatemala Lists of administrative divisions, Guatemala, Departments Administrative divisions in North America, Guatemala 1 First-level admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiché Department
Quiché () is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the K'iche' (Quiché) people, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word K'iche comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees". Population Quiché has historically been one of the most populous departments of Guatemala. At the 2018 census it had a population of 949,261. Maya people, Mayans account for 88.6% of the department's population. K'iche' people are the largest Mayan ethnic group in the department, and account for 65.1% of the total population. The department is named after them. While most of its indigenous population speaks the K'iche' language, K'iche' (Quiché) language, other Mayan languages spoken in the department are Ixil language, Ixil (Santa Maria Nebaj, Nebaj - Chajul - San Juan Cotzal, Cotzal area), Uspantek language, Uspantek (Uspantán area), Sakapultek language, Sakapultek (Sacapulas area), as well as Poqomchi' language, Poqomc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Nebaj
Santa Maria Nebaj (; usually abbreviated to Nebaj) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Santa Maria Nebaj is part of the Ixil Community, along with San Juan Cotzal and San Gaspar Chajul. Native residents speak the Mayan Ixil language. The community is named in part for Nebaj, a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Maya civilization. History Spanish conquest In the ten years after the fall of Zaculeu, various Spanish expeditions crossed into the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and engaged in the gradual and complex conquest of the Chuj and Q'anjob'al peoples. The Spanish hoped to extract gold, silver and other riches from the mountains, but their remoteness, the difficult terrain, and relatively low population made the conquest and exploitation of this aea extremely difficult. The population of the Cuchumatanes is estimated to have been 260,000 before European contact. By the time the Spanish arrived in the region, the Mayans had alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixil People
The Ixil (pronounced ) are a Maya people indigenous to Guatemala. The Ixil live in three municipalities in the Cuchumatanes mountains in the northern part of the department El Quiché. These municipalities, also known as the Ixil Triangle, are Santa Maria Nebaj, San Gaspar Chajul, and San Juan Cotzal. In the early 1980s, the Ixil Community was one of the principal targets of a genocide operation, involving systematic rape, forced displacements and hunger during the Guatemalan civil war. In May 2013 Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty by a Guatemala court of having ordered the deaths of 1,771 Ixil people. The presiding judge, Jazmin Barrios, declared that " e Ixils were considered public enemies of the state and were also victims of racism, considered an inferior race'. According to a 1999 United Nations truth commission, between 70% and 90% of Ixil villages were razed and 60% of the population in the ''altiplano'' region were forced to flee to the mountains between 1982 and 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K'iche' People
K'iche', K'ichee', or Quiché may refer to: *K'iche' people of Guatemala, a subgroup of the Maya *K'iche' language, a Maya language spoken by the K'iche' people **Classical K'iche' language, the 16th century form of the K'iche' language *Kʼicheʼ kingdom of Qʼumarkaj, a pre-Columbian state in the Guatemalan highlands See also *Quiche (other) Quiche is a kind of pie with a savory custard filling; ''quiche lorraine'' is one variant. Quiche may also refer to: * Kishu or Quiche of ''Tokyo Mew Mew'', a manga and anime character * Quiche Lorraine is a minor character in ''Bloom County'' (c ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K'iche Language
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K'iche', K'ichee', or Quiché may refer to: *K'iche' people of Guatemala, a subgroup of the Maya *K'iche' language, a Maya language spoken by the K'iche' people **Classical K'iche' language, the 16th century form of the K'iche' language *K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj, a pre-Columbian state in the Guatemalan highlands See also *Quiche (other) Quiche is a kind of pie with a savory custard filling; ''quiche lorraine'' is one variant. Quiche may also refer to: * Kishu or Quiche of ''Tokyo Mew Mew'', a manga and anime character * Quiche Lorraine is a minor character in ''Bloom County'' (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Guatemala
The Departments of Guatemala, departments of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipality, municipalities, or ''municipios''. The municipalities are listed below, by department. List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Municipalities Of Guatemala Municipalities of Guatemala, Subdivisions of Guatemala Lists of administrative divisions, Guatemala, Municipalities Administrative divisions in North America, Guatemala 2 Second-level administrative divisions by country, Municipalities, Guatemala Guatemala geography-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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