San Francisco El Alto

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The countryside of Paxixil, an aldea of the municipality of San Francisco El Alto.
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The countryside of Paxixil, an aldea of the municipality of San Francisco El Alto.

San Francisco El Alto is a municipality in the Totonicapán department of Guatemala.

The municipality includes the villages or "aldeas" of: Chivarreto, Chirrenox, Pabatoc, Paxixil, Rancho de Teja, Pachaj, Sacmixit, San Antonio Sija, Saquicol Chiquito, and Tacajalbé. The municipality also has the Sacmixit communal forest.

The Cathedral in the central plaza of San Francisco El Alto
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The Cathedral in the central plaza of San Francisco El Alto

[edit] History

Before the Spanish Conquest, Chusiguán was a K'iche' Language Mayan community at the site of San Francisco El Alto. Chusiguán is K'iche' for "on the precipice," apt for its location at the top of a steep hill.[1]

Historical chronicler Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán, mentions the town in his 1689 “Recordación Florida.” This record confirms the town's pre-Columbian origins. He noted 2,880 Mayan inhabitants and 720 "tributarios."

Residents of San Francisco El Alto joined the revolt against excessive tributes that began on 1820-02-20 in Santa María Chiquimula.

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