Chichicastenango
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Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town, with a population of 71,394, and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name in the El Quiché departme
Iglesia de Santo Tomás
Chichicastenango Market
Kʼicheʼ people
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The Kʼicheʼ are Indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples. The eponymous Kʼicheʼ language is a Mesoamerican language in the Mayan language family. The highland Kʼicheʼ states
Chichicastenango
…and regional center. It is notably recognized as the historic location where the original manuscript of the Popol Vuh, the sacred narrative of the K'iche' people, was preserved and transcribed in the early 18th century. The Spanish conquistadors named the town Tzitzicaztenanco (meaning "place of nettles") using…
Women in El Quiché
Market day in the Kʼicheʼ town of Chichicastenango
A statue of Tecun Uman in the central plaza of Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala