San Martín Sacatepéquez
San Martín Sacatepéquez is one of 24 municipalities in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The municipality is located in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. San Martín Sacatepéquez is predominantly inhabited by people of Mayan descent. Linguistically, San Martín is part of the Southern Mam speaking region of Guatemala.[1] The town is also known as San Martín Chile Verde, due to the large quantity of green chili peppers its farmers historically grew and brought to Quetzaltenango to sell.[2] The Laguna Chicabal, a crater lake and Mam holy site is located within the municipal boundary of San Martín. San Martín is also notable due to the colorful traditional garb (known in Guatemala as traje still worn by the men and women who follow their peoples' traditions. Most Mayan men throughout Guatemala have adopted Western clothing.
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14°49′N 91°39′W / 14.817°N 91.650°W
Notes
- ^ Watanabe, John (1996), "Los Mames, 1880-1944", in Contreras, J. D.; Luján Muñoz, J. (eds.), Historia general de Guatemala, vol. Tomo V, Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País & Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo, pp. 233–244
- ^ Looper, Matthew; Tolles, Thomas (2004), Birds and Thorns, Guatemala: Ed. Antigua, p. 10, ISBN 9992272244