Sacapulas is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.
The Municipal building in Sacapulas
The difficult terrain and remoteness of the Cuchumatanes made their conquest difficult.
Quiché is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) people, one of the Maya peoples, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word Kʼicheʼ comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees".
Sunrise in Finca Acul, El Quiché, Guatemala.
Chichicastenango Market, 1996