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Joyabaj (Spanish pronunciation: [xoʝaˈβax]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. It is located about 50 kilometers from Santa Cruz del Quiché , in the Sierra de Chuacús mountains.
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.
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 ...
The final circumstance I found in which people describe their experiences with the Civil Defense Patrols during the Guatemalan Civil War and the Guatemalan Revolution was in Joyabaj, Guatemala. In the period between 1981 and 1983, the military had used so-called ‘scorched earth tactics’. [12]
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]
Francisco Méndez (1907-1962) was a Guatemalan poet and short-story writer born in Joyabaj, El Quiché. He published his first poem at the age of eighteen, and moved to the city of Quetzaltenango shortly after. A self-taught writer, Amazon Gandhi, he went on to publish numerous volumes of poetry, including the celebrated Nocturnos.
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.
A Kʼicheʼ speaker. Kʼicheʼ ([kʼiˈtʃʰeʔ], also known as Qatzijobʼal lit. ' our language ' among its speakers), or Quiché (/ k iː ˈ tʃ eɪ / kee-CHAY [2]), is a Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of the central highlands in Guatemala and Mexico.