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Tektitek people

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Ethnic group of Mexico and Guatemala Ethnic group
Tektitek, Teko
B'a'aj
Total population
3,317
Regions with significant populations
 MexicoChiapas
 GuatemalaTectitán
Languages
Teko, Spanish
Religion
Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion
Related ethnic groups
Mam

The Tektitek (name in Guatemala) or Teko (name in Mexico) are a Maya people native to southern Chiapas, Mexico and the municipality of Tectitán in the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Language

Their indigenous language, which is also called Tektitek or Teko, belongs to the Mamean branch of Mayan languages and it's very closely related to the Mam language.

Location

In Mexico they live in southern Chiapas in the communities of Bacantón Altamirano, Chimalapa, Mazapa de Madero, Nuevo Paraíso, Reforma, Tierra Blanca, Valle Obregón, Veracruz and Villa Hidalgo in the municipality of Mazapa de Madero, in Amatenango de la Frontera, Barrio Nuevo, Chiquisbil, El Porvenir, Granadillal, Las Marías, Nuevo Amatenango and Sabinalito of the Amatenango de la Frontera municipality and in Nuevo Mazapa in the municipality of Frontera Comalapa.

In the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala they live in the municipalities of Tectitán and Cuilco near the border with Mexico.

Notes

  1. "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "Códice México. Teko".
  3. "Atlas De Los Pueblos Indígenas De México. Tekos - Localización".
Indigenous peoples of Mexico
More than 100,000 people
20,000 – 100,000 people
1,000 – 20,000 people
Less than 1,000 people
Ancestry and ethnicity in Guatemala
Ancestral background of Guatemalan citizens
Guatemalan native groups
(Maya and others)
Former and extinct
Guatemalan mestizo
Descendants of Europeans (white or Criollo)
Descendants of Asians
Afro-descendants
Americas


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