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Total population | |
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c. 65,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 54,237[1] |
![]() | 480 (2020)[2] |
Languages | |
Jakaltek (Poptí), Spanish | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kanjobal - (Maya peoples) |
The Jakaltek people[pronunciation?] are a Maya people who lives alongside the border of the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico and the Department of Huehuetenango in northwestern Guatemala. Since pre-Columbian times they have lived alongside the modern Mexico-Guatemala border near the foothills of the Cuchumatán Mountains, mainly centered on the municipality of Jacaltenango.[3]
The name Jakaltek comes from the Nahuatl language meaning “people of the jacal”.[4]
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