Canillá
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Canillá is a municipality
in the Guatemala
n department
of El Quiché with surface of 123 km2 and population 8121 people.
People in Canillá speak Spanish
, K'iche' (a Mayan language
), or both. Primary religions are Catholic
and Evangelical
.
, platanos, and other tropical fruits and vegetables. The small central city has the Municipal offices, a library
, post office
, and stores, including telephone
services. Manufacturing includes brick
making.
The main roads connecting Canillá to San Andrés Sajcabajá
and Santa Cruz del Quiché
, or Zacualpa
and Joyabaj
are unpaved and can be precarious in the rainy season. They suffer from erosion, pothole
s and landslide
s. Extreme caution is warranted. The poor state of the roads seriously limits Canillá's access to regional markets.
Employment opportunities in Canillá are few. Many people from Canillá travel for work, either to other areas of Guatemala, or to Mexico
or the United States
. One group from Canillá works in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
ruins
,called "Los Cerritos." The name "Cerritos" is Spanish for "Little Hills." The ruins present several patters of pyramid
, square
and rectangle
. It has a large sports field where Mayans used to play. It looks like a large swimming pool
. The road from Canillá to Chijoj continues, in good weather, to the ruins.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
n department
Departments of Guatemala
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of El Quiché with surface of 123 km2 and population 8121 people.
People in Canillá speak Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, K'iche' (a Mayan language
Mayan languages
The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras...
), or both. Primary religions are Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and Evangelical
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
.
Economy
Canillá is an isolated city dependent on subsistence farming. Crops include cornMaize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
, platanos, and other tropical fruits and vegetables. The small central city has the Municipal offices, a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, and stores, including telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
services. Manufacturing includes brick
Brick
A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using various kinds of mortar. It has been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history.-History:...
making.
The main roads connecting Canillá to San Andrés Sajcabajá
San Andrés Sajcabajá
San Andrés Sajcabajá is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. The municipality is formed by the town San Andrés Sajcabajá, and 62 rural communities. The majority of its population is ethnic K'iche'.-History:...
and Santa Cruz del Quiché
Santa Cruz del Quiché
Santa Cruz del Quiché is a city in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of El Quiché department and the municipal seat of Santa Cruz del Quiché municipality.The city is located at , at an elevation of 2,021 m above sea level...
, or Zacualpa
Zacualpa
Zacualpa is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.*...
and Joyabaj
Joyabaj
Joyabaj is a 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....
are unpaved and can be precarious in the rainy season. They suffer from erosion, pothole
Pothole
A pothole is a type of disruption in the surface of a roadway where a portion of the road material has broken away, leaving a hole.- Formation :...
s and landslide
Landslide
A landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments...
s. Extreme caution is warranted. The poor state of the roads seriously limits Canillá's access to regional markets.
Employment opportunities in Canillá are few. Many people from Canillá travel for work, either to other areas of Guatemala, or to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
or the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. One group from Canillá works in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
Mayan Ruins at Chijoj, called "Los Cerritos"
Outside Canillá past the Aldea(village) Chijoj are the MayanMaya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
ruins
Ruins
Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once complete, as time went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction...
,called "Los Cerritos." The name "Cerritos" is Spanish for "Little Hills." The ruins present several patters of pyramid
Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a single point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces...
, square
Square (geometry)
In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral. This means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles...
and rectangle
Rectangle
In Euclidean plane geometry, a rectangle is any quadrilateral with four right angles. The term "oblong" is occasionally used to refer to a non-square rectangle...
. It has a large sports field where Mayans used to play. It looks like a large swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
. The road from Canillá to Chijoj continues, in good weather, to the ruins.