Joyabaj
Sign in to saveJoyabaj () is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. It is located about 50 kilometers from Santa Cruz del Quiché, in the Sierra de Chuacús mountains.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Joyabaj
- Settlement.native_name
- Sho' la baj
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 20061109 19-13-42joyobamarket.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Municipal Market of Joyabaj
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px El Quiché
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Joyabaj
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 338
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Guatemala
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Quiché Department
- Population
- +107634
- Area
- +304
- Elevation
- +1233
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Shares border with
- Canillá
- Image
- 20061109 19-13-42joyobamarket.JPG
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Joyabaj () is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. It is located about 50 kilometers from Santa Cruz del Quiché, in the Sierra de Chuacús mountains.
Joyabaj was an important part of the royal route to Mexico during the Spanish time. On February 4, 1976, the town was almost destroyed by an earthquake. Most of its beautiful colonial houses and buildings were lost and hundreds of people died. Joyabaj was also hit hard by the civil war that lasted about 30 years in Guatemala. The majority of the ladinos (people with mixed Spanish and Indian heritage) fled to Guatemala City.