Akatek people
Total population | |
---|---|
39,370[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Akatek, Spanish | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Majority Catholic, with Eastern[2] or Oriental Orthodox[3] and Evangelicalist minorities), 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.
Notes
- ↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ http://www.scooch.org/2013/05/syriac-orthodox-church-receives-as-many-as-800000-new-converts-in-central-america/
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