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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 65,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Guatemala | 54,237[1] |
 Mexico | 480 (2020)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Jakaltek (Poptí), Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kanjobal - (Maya peoples) | |
The Jakaltek people[pronunciation?] are a Maya people who lives alongside the border of the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico and the Department of Huehuetenango in northwestern Guatemala. Since pre-Columbian times they have lived alongside the modern Mexico-Guatemala border near the foothills of the Cuchumatán Mountains, mainly centered on the municipality of Jacaltenango.[3]
The name Jakaltek comes from the Nahuatl language meaning “people of the jacal”.[4]
- ^ "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 Nov 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Jakalteko at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Atlas de los Pueblos Indígenas de México: Jakaltekos". Archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024.
- ^ "Sistema de Información Cultural México: Jakaltekos". Archived from the original on 30 Sep 2023.
