Santa Maria Nebaj:
Santa Maria Nebaj
Nebaj |
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The central plaza of Nebaj, 2006-11-12, at 8:39 am |
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Location in Guatemala |
| Coordinates: 15°24′30″N 91°8′50″W / 15.40833, -91.14722 |
| Country |
 Guatemala |
| Department |
El Quiché |
| Municipality |
Santa Maria Nebaj |
| Government |
| - Type |
Municipal |
| - Mayor |
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| Elevation |
6,234 ft (1,900 m) |
| Population (Census 2002) |
| - Municipality |
53,617 |
| - Urban |
18,484 |
| - Ethnicities |
Ixil, K'iche', Ladino |
| - Religions |
Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
For the Maya archaeological site, see Nebaj. Santa Maria Nebaj (often abbreviated to Nebaj) is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Santa Maria Nebaj is part of the Ixil Triangle, along with San Juan Cotzal and San Gaspar Chajul. Native residents speak the Mayan Ixil language.
There is a nearby pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Maya civilization, called Nebaj.
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