Sistematización de las comunidades de El Palmar, Quetzaltenango: 1999-2024

This book accounts for the historical, geographical, economical and sociocultural information on El Palmar, Quetzaltenango. El Palmar is a Guatemalan municipality destroyed by the eruptions of Santiaguito Volcano in 1983, which was subsequently resettled to a new location. The book describes the local history, traditions and changes of all the communities that compose the territory throughout different timelines. It also shows the culture of the Maya K’iche’, Mam and Q’anjob’al population that reside in the Guatemalan region of the “bocacosta”, of which there are few studies, and provides insight on the development gaps that require local government intervention to improve the people’s quality of life.