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![]() Quiché es un departamento que se encuentra situado en la región noroccidental de Guatemala. Limita al norte con México; al sur con los departamentos de Chimaltenango y Sololá; al este con los departamentos de Alta Verapaz y Baja Verapaz; y al oeste con los departamentos de Totonicapán y Huehuetenango. Según Fray Francisco Ximénez, la palabra quiché se compone de las voces qui = muchos; ché = árboles, o del quiché, quechelau, que significa bosque. El territorio fue habitado por el gran Reino Quiché; su capital y principal ciudad, Gumarcaj (Utatlán), estaba ubicada cerca de la actual cabecera departamental. Las crónicas indígenas indican que cuando la población creció hubo necesidad de asentar nuevas poblaciones en el lugar denominado Chi-Quix-Ché. Durante el período colonial formaba parte de las provincias de Totonicapán o Huehuetenango y de Sololá o Atitán. En el artículo 2do. Del decreto 63 de la Asamblea Constituyente del Estado de Guatemala y promulgado el 27 de octubre de 1825 concedió el título y denominación de villa a la cabecera y por Acuerdo Gubernativo del 26 de noviembre de 1924 se eleva a la categoría de ciudad a dicha población. Algo que hay que destacar, es que el párroco de Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, el Padre Francisco Ximénez, cuando llegó a ese lugar en 1688, recogió y transcribió, a principios del siglo XVIII, el máximo texto de la literatura indígena que es el Popol Vuh, el libro sagrado de los quichés; conocido también como Manuscrito de Chichicastenango. La violencia que azotó a Guatemala de 1960 a 1996, afectó especialmente a los poblados del Triángulo Ixil, Ixcán y Playa Grande, así como toda la región de El Quiché y también en Choacaman El departamento de El Quiché está intercomunicado, a través de la ruta nacional No. 15, que en la aldea Los Encuentros, municipio de Sololá, entronca con la Carretera Interamericana CA-1; la ruta No. 15 que parte de Los Encuentros, atraviesa Chichicastenango, Santa Cruz del Quiché, San Pedro Jocopilas, Sacapulas y Cunén y llega hasta Chajul. Así como la carretera 7W, que se origina en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, cruza El Quiché aproximadamente de este a oeste y termina en el departamento de Huehuetenango. Cuenta también con varias carreteras departamentales y municipales que unen a sus municipios entre si. Quiché tiene dos centros de danzas importantes. Uno en Santa Cruz del Quiché su cabecera, y el otro es Joyabaj. En Santa Cruz la danza principal es la de La Culebra y en Joyabaj la de El Palo Volador, llamado por sus pobladores como Palo de los Voladores. En sus demás municipios también realizan las danzas de El Venado, Tantuques, El Torito, Mexicanos, La Conquista y Convites El departamento de El Quiché se encuentra integrado por 21 municipios que son:
Quiche is a department that is located in the northwest region of Guatemala. Mexico is bordered to the north with the south by the departments of Solola and Chimaltenango the east by the departments of Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz, and west with the departments of Totonicapán and Huehuetenango.
According to Fray Francisco Ximenez, the word quiche is composed of the voices qui = many; ché = trees, or quiche, quechelau, which means forest. The territory was inhabited by the great Kingdom Quiché, its capital and largest city, Gumarcaj (Utatlán), was located near present-day department capital. The indigenous chronicles indicate that when the population grew there was need to establish new populations at a place called Chi-Quix-Che. During the colonial period was part of the provinces of Totonicapan or Huehuetenango and Solola or Atitán. Article 2nd. Decree 63 of the Constituent Assembly of the State of Guatemala and promulgated on October 27, 1825 awarded the title and name of town at the head and by Government on 26 November 1924, elevated to the status of the city population. Something has to be stressed is that the parish priest of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, Father Francisco Ximénez, when he reached that place in 1688, collected and transcribed, in the early eighteenth century, the greatest Indian literary text that is the Popol Vuh , the sacred book of the Quiche, also known as Manuscript of Chichicastenango. The violence that ravaged Guatemala from 1960 to 1996, has particularly affected the villages of the Ixil Triangle, Ixcán and Playa Grande, and the entire region of El Quiché and in Choacaman The department of Quiche is wired through the national route No. 15, in the village of Los Encuentros, Solola town, connects with the Inter American Highway CA-1, the route No. 15 that part of the conferences, through Chichicastenango, Santa Cruz, San Pedro Jocopilas, Sacapulas and Cunene and reaches Chajul. Just as the road 7W, which originates in the department of Alta Verapaz, Quiche about crossing from east to west and ends at the department of Huehuetenango. It also has various departmental and municipal roads linking its towns with each other. In the department of El Quiche for its climate, soil types and topography, its inhabitants planted wide range of annual crops, permanent or semi-permanent, being among these cereals, vegetables, fruit trees, coffee, sugar cane, etc. .. Furthermore, for the qualities available to the department, have some of its residents raising various kinds of livestock. The existence of forests, whether they are natural, integrated, mixed, etc.., Composed of varied species of trees, shrubs or trailing give the department a special touch in its ecosystem and environment, making with that natural grace in one of the places typical for habitation by visitors not only national but also foreigners. Is this how you reader can form an idea of how this department in the use of land is used intensively in some cases and in others only passively. Their religious ceremonies are usually presided over by the Mayan priests, who are specialists and contracted by the residents to serve as intermediaries with the beings from beyond (God, Jesus Christ, Saints, God Earth, spirits of ancestors, etc..) By a symbolic payment. These ceremonies are performed both inside and outside the church, and even in the mountains in special places they call shrine. In these ceremonies are offerings like incense, copal incense, liquor, candles and other things Quiché has two major dance centers. One in Santa Cruz del Quiché his head and the other is Joyabaj. In Santa Cruz is the main dance of the snake and in Joyabaj the El Palo Volador, called by its inhabitants as the Flying Stick. In its other municipalities also perform dances from El Venado, Tantuques, El Torito, Mexican, La Conquista and Treats The department of Quiche is composed of 21 municipalities are: Santa Cruz Canillá Chajul Chicamán Chiche Chichicastenango Chinique Cunén Ixcán Joyabaj Nebaj Pachalum Patzite Sacapulas San Andres Sajcabajá San Antonio Ilotenango San Bartolome Jocotenango San Juan Cotzal San Pedro Jocopilas Uspantán Zacualpa |
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