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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.
Los Altos: Piedras Blancas El Cimarrón: Caseríos Toro Seco, Las Minas y San José El Jute El Ciprés: Ciprés Segundo Centro Llano Grande: San Vicente Agua Zarca: Tamarindo y Trapichitos Volcancillos: Veguitas de Mercedes, Guachipilín, El Anono y Tablones Las Vegas: N/A Farm fields La Laguna Seca San Isidro El Maguey San Miguel Incienso
1868 Guatemala City map. On the left side of the Plaza de Armas is the Cabildo -City Hall- and the cárcel -jail- on the lot that later would be used to build the National Palace. Guatemala City Hall in 1907. Built when the city moved from Santiago de los Caballeros to La Ermita, it was operating until it was destroyed by the 1917 Guatemala ...
The Programa Pueblos Pintorescos ("Picturesque Towns Program") is an initiative led by Guatemala's Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo, known as INGUAT. [1] The program seeks to promote sustainable tourism development in a network of towns and cities that have been identified for their historical, cultural, and natural attributes.
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.
Quiché has historically been one of the most populous departments of Guatemala. At the 2018 census it had a population of 949,261. [1] Mayans account for 88.6% of the department's population. [2] Kʼicheʼ people are the largest Mayan ethnic group in the department, and account for 65.1% of the total population. [2] The department is named ...
Railways through the jungle in Izabal Department in 1896. Photographs by La Ilustración Guatemalteca.. On 22 November 1896 the Northern Railroad Zacapa, Zacapa-Puerto Barrios connection, was opened to the public; it was the most important infrastructure project of general José María Reina Barrios given the economic crisis that loomed over Guatemala if he was not able to finish the railroad ...
Museo Arquidiócesano de Santiago de Guatemala [1] Guatemala City: Guatemala Department: Museo Bodegas de Principios de Siglo XIX [1] Guatemala City: Guatemala Department: Museo Casa del Tejido Antiguo [1] Antigua Guatemala: Sacatepéquez Department: Museo Casa K'OJOM [2] Jocotenango: Sacatepéquez Department: Maya music: Museo Colonial Casa ...