Chajoma
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The Chajoma were a Kaqchikel-speaking Maya people of the Late Postclassic period, with a large kingdom in the highlands of Guatemala. According to the indigenous chronicles of the K'iche' and the Kaqc
Mixco Viejo, capital of the Chajoma Maya
MA D293 Maya stone carving from Copan
San Juan Sacatepéquez
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San Juan Sacatepéquez is a city, with a population of 155,965 making it the eighth largest in Guatemala, and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala, northwest of Guatemala City. The c
Chajoma
…into Nahuatl as sacatepēc "Grass mountain" which led to its current Hispanicized name Sacatepéquez. Early records, for example, record the placename San Juan Sacatepéquez as San Juan Chajoma. The Chajoma separated into six divisions, equivalent to the various colonial villages bearing Sacatepéquez in the name. The political…
People in San Juan Sacatepéquez