Santa Maria Nebaj
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Santa Maria 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 central plaza of Nebaj, 2006
The difficult terrain and remoteness of the Cuchumatanes made their conquest difficult.
Quiché Department
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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