Chajul
Sign in to saveChajul (; full name San Gaspar Chajul) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Chajul is part of the Ixil Community, along with San Juan Cotzal and Santa María Nebaj. The Ixil region is isolated by beautiful mountains and has maintained its rich Ixil Maya traditions and language. Chajul, Nebaj, and Cotzal make up the Ixil Region in the Department of Quiché in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Having been at the heart of the 36-year civil war, Chajul experiences post-war challenges such as emotional trauma, land displacement, and fragmented families. Additionally
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chajul
- Settlement.other_name
- San Gaspar Chajul
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Guatemala Chajul 1950s.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church in Chajul in the 1950s
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px El Quiché
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chajul
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 716
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 52019
- Area
- 598
- Elevation
- 1991
- Image
- Guatemala Chajul 1950s.jpg
- Dialing code
- 502
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- Chajul
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Franja Transversal del Norte
- Guerrilla Army of the Poor
- Climate
- Geographic location
- See also
- Notes and references
- References
- Bibliography
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