Quiché Department
Quiché Department ranks 13,187th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind East Dulwich, Burbage, Leicestershire, and Polish People's Republic. Memorable people born in Quiché Department include Rigoberta Menchú. Quiché Department has been the birth place of many social activists. Quiché Department is located in Guatemala.
Quiché is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) people, one of the Maya peoples, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word Kʼicheʼ comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees". Read more on Wikipedia
In 1959, Quiché Department was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Rigoberta Menchú.
People Born in Quiché Department
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Most individuals born in present day Quiché Department were social activists (1), while most who died were .
