San Andrés Sajcabajá

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population_blank1 =K'iche' (89%), Ladino (11%)
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San Andrés Sajcabajá is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. The municipality is formed by the town San Andrés Sajcabajá, and 62 rural communities. [cite web|title=San Andrés Sajcabajá - Historia|publisher= |url=http://www.inforpressca.com/sanandressajcabaja/historia.php ] The majority (89%) of its population is K'iche'.

History

In pre-colonial times, the area was known as Sajcabajá and was populated by one of the Maya K'iche' lineages of the kingdom of Gumarcaj. After the defeat of the k'iche', the Spanish colonial presence in Sajcabajá began between 1552 and 1580, when the Dominican convent in Sacapulas was put in charge of the conversión of its population, through the colonial reducciones system. [Jean PIEL. "Sajcabaja: Muerte y resurreccion de un pueblo de Guatemala, 1500-1970". Mexico/Guatemala, CEMCA/SISG, 1989.] During the colonial era, San Andrés Sajcabajá functioned as a staging place, between Joyabaj and Sacapulas, on the road (camino real) connecting the Guatemalan capital (then located in Tecpán) to Chiapas. [Jean PIEL. "Sajcabaja: Muerte y resurreccion de un pueblo de Guatemala, 1500-1970". Mexico/Guatemala, CEMCA/SISG, 1989.] San Andrés Sajcabajá was established as a municipality in 1892. [cite web|title=San Andrés Sajcabajá - Historia|publisher= |url=http://www.inforpressca.com/sanandressajcabaja/historia.php ]

(1960-1996). These consequences were especially hard felt in the years 1981-1984, when the Guatemalan army established a military garrison in the town's Catholic convent, and began a campaign of unprecedented repression against the population. [cite web | author=Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) |title=Guatemala: Memoria del silencio. Caso ilustrativo no. 37 - Ocupación militar del templo católico y del convento de San Andres Sajcabaja, Quiché |publisher= |year=1999 |url=http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/mds/spanish/anexo1/vol2/no37.html ]

Geography

The municipality of San Andrés Sajcabajá is situated in the Sierra de Chuacús mountain range. The town and its rural communities are located at an altitude between 1,000 and 2,000 m. Its climate is temperate, with mean temperatures oscilating between 12°C and 24°C, and an annual precipitation between 1,000 - 2,000 mm.

As a result of its mountainous character, over 77% of the municipality's territory is too steep to be of any other agricultural use than forestry. The principal agricultural products are maize and beans, which are cultivated for local consumption. Horticulture is only practised in a small number of communities with access to irrigation. Horticultural products, like tomatos, onions, cabbage, squash and güisquil, are sold on the local market. [cite web|title=San Andrés Sajcabajá - Medio ambiente |publisher= |url=http://www.inforpressca.com/sanandressajcabaja/medio_ambiente.php ]

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References

: cite book |author=aut|Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) |year=1999|title=Guatemala: Memoria del silencio. |edition=First |format=HTML |url=http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/mds/spanish/toc.html |publisher= |location=Guatemala |isbn=99922-54-00-9 |oclc= |accessdate=: cite book |author=aut|Piel, Jean |year=1989 |title=Sajcabaja: Muerte y resurreccion de un pueblo de Guatemala, 1500-1970 |location=Mexico/Guatemala |publisher=CEMCA/SISG |isbn=968-6029-02-8 |oclc=

External links

* [http://www.inforpressca.com/sanandressajcabaja/mapa.php Municipal Map]

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