Akatek people
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| Akatek | ||||||
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39,370[1] |
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| Akatek, Spanish | ||||||
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| Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion |
The Akatek (Akateko) are a Maya people in Guatemala. Their indigenous language, which is also called Akatek, belongs to the Q'anjobalan branch of Mayan languages. Most Akatek live in San Miguel Acatán and San Rafael La Independencia, in the department of Huehuetenango.
[edit] Notes
- ^ XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2002). Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
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