Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Alotenango	Kaqchikel	8,800	1,376m	7/25	Sun.
Chuarrancho	Kaqchikel	6,740	1,356m	6/29	N/A
Comalapa	Kaqchikel	20,420	1,890m	6/24	Sun, Tues, Fri.
Nejapa (San Bernabe Acatenango)	Kaqchikel	11,290	1,676m	3/19	Sun, (Tues, Fri.)
Panajachel	Kaqchikel	4,900	1,580m	N/A	Sun, (everyday)
Parramos	Kaqchikel	3,920	1,710m	12/28	Sun, (everyday)
Patzún	Kaqchikel	23,430	2,225m	5/20	Sun, Tues, Fri.
San Andrés Semetabaj	Kaqchikel	4,480	1,946m	11/30	Tues.
San Antonio Aguas Calientes	Kaqchikel	4,530	1,445m		N/A
San Antonio Palopó *	Kaqchikel	5,490	1,585m	6/13	N/A
San José Poaquil	Kaqchikel	11,560	2000m	3/19	Sun, (Wed.)
San Juan Sacatepéquez	Kaqchikel	49,850	1,772m	6/24	(everyday)
San Lucas Tolimán	Kaqchikel	10,820	1,219m	10/18	Sun, Tues, Fri.
San Martín Jirotepeque	Kaqchikel	36,580	1,800m	11/11	Sun, (Tues, Thurs.)
San Pedro Ayampuc	Kaqchikel	11,880	1,219m	6/29	Sun, Fri, Sat.
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	Kaqchikel	12,740	2,100m	6/29	(everyday)
San Raimundo	Kaqchikel	11,170	1,585m	1/23	Sun, (Thurs.)
Santa Apolonia	Kaqchikel	5,700	2,219m	2/9	N/A
Santa Catarina Barahona	Kaqchikel	1,440	1,445m	N/A	N/A
Santa Catarina Palopó	Kaqchikel	1,230	1,580m	11/25	N/A
Santa Clara La Laguna	Kaqchikel	3,430	1,900m	8/12	Sat.
Santa Cruz La Laguna	Kaqchikel	1,860	1,219m	5/10	N/A
Santa María Cauqué	Kaqchikel	1,380	1,955m		N/A
Santa María de Jesús	Kaqchikel	8,360	2,062m	1/15	Sun.
Santiago Sacatepéquez	Kaqchikel	9,700	2,023m	7/25	Tues, Fri.
Santo Domingo Xenacoj	Kaqchikel	3,650	2,064m	8/4	Sun, Wed, Fri.
Sololá **	Kaqchikel	29,200	2,103m	8/15	Tue, Fri.
Sumpango	Kaqchikel	13,070	1,821m	8/28	(everyday)
Tecpán Guatemara	Kaqchikel	29,560	2,310m	10/04	Sun, Wed, Thurs.

K'iché

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Almolonga **	K'iché	8,020	2,075m	6/29	Wed, Fri, Sat.
Cubulco	K'iché	22,180	960m	7/25	Sun.
Chichicastenango *	K'iché	56,620	2,027m	12/21	Sun, Thurs.
Momostenango	K'iché	53,420	2,300m	7/25	Sun, Wed.
Nahualá **	K'iché	26,760	2,499m	11/25	Sun. Tues.
Quetzaltenango (Xela)	K'iché	72,920	2,334m	9/15	(everyday)
Rabinal	K'iché	22,730	980m	1/25	Thurs.
San Cristóbal Totonicapán	K'iché	19,970	2,400m	7/25	Sun, (everyday)
San Miguel Chicaj	K'iché	10,920	1,997m	9/29	Sun, Thurs.
Santa María Chiquimula	K'iché	19,430	2,012m	1/15	Sun, Thurs.
Zacualpa	K'iché	13,750	1,372m		Sun. Thurs.
Zunil **	K'iché	7,010	2,316m	11/25	Mon.
Santa Lucía Utatlan	K'iché	10,400	2,499m	N/a	N/a

Sakapulteko

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Sacapulas	Sakapulteko	20,740	1,230m	8/4	Sun. Thurs.

Mam

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Colotenango	Mam	1,020	1,575m	8/15	Sat.
Comitancillo	Mam	17,120	2,440m	5/3	Thurs.
Concepción Chiquirichapa	Mam	8,060	2,580m	12/8	Thurs.
Ixtahuacán	Mam	15,460	1,701m	1/23	Thurs.
San Gaspar Ixchil	Mam	2,670	1,680m	1/6	Sat.
San Juan Atitán	Mam	7,230	2,283m	6/26	Sun, Thurs.
San Martin Sacatepéquez (Chile Verde) **	Mam	9,760	2,377m	11/11	Sun.
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	Mam	37,450	2,360m	6/29	(everyday)
San Pedro Necta	Mam	12,730	1,510m	6/29	Sun.
San Rafael Petzal *	Mam	3,430	1,660m	10/24	Sun.
San Sebastián Huehuetenango	Mam	9,600	1,463m	1/20	Sun, Thurs.
Santiago Chimaltenango	Mam	3,230	2,246m	7/25	Fri.
Todos Santos Cuchumatán ***	Mam	12,130	2,451m	11/1	Sun, Thurs.

Q'eqchi'

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Cobán	Q'eqchi'	42,580	1,320m	8/4	(everyday)
San Juan Chamelco	Q'eqchi'	19,260	1,380m	6/24	Sun, Thurs.
San Pedro Carchá	Q'eqchi'	53,760	1,280m	6/29	Thurs, Sat.
Purulhá	Q'eqchi'	14,900	1,137m	N/A	Sun, Thurs.

Ixil

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Chajul **	Ixil	15,710	2,400m	1/6	Tues, Fri.
Nebaj *	Ixil	18,130	2,030m	8/15	Sun, Thurs.
San Juan Cotzal	Ixil	10,940	1,600m	6/24	Tues, Fri.

Poqomam

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Mixco	Poqomam	197,740	1,692m		(everyday)
Palín	Poqomam	14,140	1,138m	7/30	Sun, (Wed.)
Chinautla	Poqomam	41,680	1,160m	12/1-3	N/A

Other Languages

Village	Language	Population	Elevation	Festival	Market Days
Santiago Atitlán *	Tz'utujil	19,650	1,425m	7/25	Fri.
San Juan La Laguna	Tz'utujil	3,850	1,372m	6/24	N/A
Jacaltenango	Jakalteko	18,010	1,737m	2/2	Sun.
San Mateo Ixtatán *	Chuj	16,050	2,603m	9/21	Sun, Thurs.
Aguacatán *	Awakateko	21,960	1,563m		Sun.
Tamahú	Poqomchi'	6,040	1,050m	1/25	Sun, Thurs.

Note: Population Statistics produced during the Anthropological Investigation run by the Tobacco and Salt Museum of Guatemala in 1997

Names formatted in bold represent the villages visited by author Jean-Philippe

Other Villages to investigate:

Village	Province
San Andrés Sajcabja **	Xela-Momo
San Jorge La Laguna *	Solola
Palestina de los Altos *	Xela
Tactic *	Coban
Salcaja	Xela (before 4 caminos)		Go visit weaving.
La Esperanza	Xela
Jucanya	Solola
Xepol	Quiche
Tenejapa
Zina Cantan
Soloma *
Santa Cruz del Quiche
San Francisco El Alto
San Miguel Totonicapán *		2500	Tues, Sat.
San Ildefonso Ixtahuacan *	Huehue
Joyabaj *

Names of Clothes: Huipil, Corte, Faja, Cinta, Tzute, Pelaje, Chachales, Camisa, Pantalón, Saco, Sombrero, Rodillera

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