ThePoqomam[pronunciation?]are aMaya peopleinGuatemalaandEl Salvador.Their indigenous language is also calledPoqomamand is closely related toPoqomchiʼ.Notable Poqomam settlements are located inChinautla(Guatemala (department)),Palín(Escuintla), and inSan Luis Jilotepeque(Jalapa).[2]Before theSpanish Conquest,the Poqomam had their capital at Chinautla Viejo.[3]The Poqomam that advanced further east, to the territories of present-day El Salvador, were largely displaced by the migration of thePipil peoplein the 11th century. The few Poqomam that remained in El Salvador live near the Guatemala border, in the departments ofSanta AnaandAhuachapan.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 46,478[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Poqomam,Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic,Maya religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| others |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^"Resultados Censo 2018"(PDF).Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.Retrieved9 May2020.
- ^Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005)."Ethnologue: Languages of Guatemala".SIL International.Retrieved2008-06-03.
- ^Hill 1996, p.82. Carmack 2001, p.158.
References
edit- Carmack, Robert M. (2001). "La Verdadera Identificación de Mixco Viejo".Kik'aslemaal le K'iche'aab': Historia Social de los K'iche's(in Spanish). Guatemala: Iximulew. pp. 143–176.ISBN99922-56-19-2.OCLC47220876.
- Hill, Robert M. II (1996). "Eastern Chajoma (Cakchiquel) Political Geography: Ethnohistorical and archaeological contributions to the study of a Late Postclassic highland Maya polity".Ancient Mesoamerica.7.New York: Cambridge University Press: 63–87.doi:10.1017/s0956536100001292.ISSN0956-5361.OCLC88113844.S2CID162197083.
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