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Joyabaj was an important part of the royal route to Mexico during the Spanish time. On February 4, 1976, the town was almost destroyed by an earthquake. Most of its beautiful colonial houses and buildings were lost and hundreds of people died. Joyabaj was also hit hard by the civil war that lasted about 30 years in Guatemala.
After the revolution against field marshal Vicente Cerna y Cerna in 1871, the families of the revolutionary leaders that helped the Liberal revolt asked Joyabaj mayor that their settlement became a village, which was granted on 9 August 1872. [3]
Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz (born c. 1970) is a Guatemalan Kʼicheʼ journalist who reports on indigenous affairs in the town of Joyabaj.She received international attention in 2020 when she was arrested and charged with sedition after reporting on a protest against the municipal government; the charges were dropped in 2021.
List of assassinated and forcibly disappeared Roman Catholic priests working in Guatemala. Name ... Parish priest of Joyabaj: 10 July 1980 Assassinated [7] [8] [9 ...
Joyabaj: 338 107 634 354.06 10 Nebaj: 600 77 377 128.96 11 Pachalum: 100 9 897 98.97 12 Patzité: 64 7 787 121.67 13 Sacapulas: 295 55 398 187.78 14 San Andrés Sajcabajá: 446 27 962 62.70 15 San Antonio Ilotenango: 80 30 864 385.80 16 San Bartolomé Jocotenango: 123 15 777 128.27 17 San Juan Cotzal: 228 36 298 159.20 18 San Pedro Jocopilas ...
Santa María Nebaj (Spanish pronunciation:; usually abbreviated to Nebaj) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.Santa María Nebaj is part of the Ixil Community, along with San Juan Cotzal and San Gaspar Chajul.
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