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El Pueblo Maya Ch’orti’ cubre un vasto territorio en el Oriente de Guatemala principalmente en los municipios de Camotán, Jocotán, San Juan Ermita, Olopa, Quezaltepeque en el departamento de Chiquimula y La Unión, en el departamento de Zacapa, se extiende a los hermanos países de El Salvador y Honduras. Según estadísticas nacionales, la mayoría de Ch’orti’ vive en Guatemala. Los Ch’orti’ son descendientes de sus ancestros Copan Kalel del Reino del Payaquí y Copán, Guatemala/ Honduras.

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