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    Joyabaj (Spanish pronunciation: [xoʝaˈβax]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. It is located about 50 kilometers from...
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  • municipalities given as well (quoted in Par Sapón 2000:17): East Guatemala: Joyabaj Zacualpa Cubulco Rabinal San Miguel Chicaj Mexico: Las Margaritas La Trinitaria...
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    municipalities: Canillá Chajul Chicamán Chiché Chichicastenango Chinique Cunén Joyabaj Nebaj Sacapulas Patzité Pachalúm Ixcán San Andrés Sajcabajá San Antonio...
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    Guatemala the flying pole dance, called Palo volador, is still celebrated in Joyabaj (15 August), Chichicastenango (17–23 January) and Cubulco (26 July). According...
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  • Méndez (1907-1962) was a Guatemalan poet and short-story writer born in Joyabaj, El Quiché. He published his first poem at the age of eighteen, and moved...
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  • Guatemalan Kʼicheʼ journalist who reports on indigenous affairs in the town of Joyabaj. She received international attention in 2020 when she was arrested and...
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  • department of El Quiché. Pachalúm had been a village in the municipality of Joyabaj, but was recognized as separate municipality in 1986. The name «Pachalum»...
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    54.05.4 14°54′N 90°54′W / 14.9°N 90.9°W / 14.9; -90.9 14.5 km SW of Joyabaj 5 km 4.8 Mw  Mar. 07 1976 03.15.40.3 14°42′N 90°30′W / 14.7°N 90.5°W...
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  • Herrera Date of birth (2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 22) Place of birth Joyabaj, Quiché Department, Guatemala Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Position(s) Forward...
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  • Assassinated Faustino Villanueva Villanueva, MSC Spanish Parish priest of Joyabaj 10 July 1980 Assassinated Juan Alonso Fernández, MSC Spanish Parish priest...
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  • base is not agreed upon, with some sources listing the Kʼicheʼ dialect of Joyabaj as having been the contributing grammar, while others state that the area...
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  • commissioner chief and the civil defense patrol chief of San Rafael Chico, Joyabaj. The threats CONAVIGUA members faced not only impacted them but their families...
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  • Patrols during the Guatemalan Civil War and the Guatemalan Revolution was in Joyabaj, Guatemala. In the period between 1981 and 1983, the military had used...
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  • Quechua, South Bolivian 南玻利维亚克丘亚语 qui I/L Quileute (quj) I/L Quiché Quiché, Joyabaj quk I/L Quechuan Quechua, Chachapoyas quechua chachapoyas qul I/L Quechuan...
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    Canillá to San Andrés Sajcabajá and Santa Cruz del Quiché, or Zacualpa and Joyabaj are unpaved and can be precarious in the rainy season; they suffer from...
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    13 547 211.67 7 Cunén 195 47 250 242.30 8 Ixcán 1 693 109 372 64.60 9 Joyabaj 338 107 634 354.06 10 Nebaj 600 77 377 128.96 11 Pachalum 100 9 897 98...
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    colonial era, San Andrés Sajcabajá functioned as a staging place, between Joyabaj and Sacapulas, on the road (camino real) connecting the Guatemalan capital...
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    them in 1524, rather they had originated in the area around Zacualpa and Joyabaj, north of the Motagua River. From Zacualpa they began a movement towards...
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