Akatek people

The Akatek (Akateko) are a Maya people of Guatemala. Their indigenous Akatek language belongs to the Q'anjobalan branch of Mayan languages. Most Akatek live in San Miguel Acatán and San Rafael La Independencia, in the department of Huehuetenango.

Akatek
Total population
65,965[1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Akatek, Spanish
Religion
Christianity (Majority Catholic, with Eastern[2] or Oriental Orthodox[3] and Evangelicalist minorities), Maya religion

Notes

  1. "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2015-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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