Back شعب الإكسيل Arabic شعب اكسيل ARZ ইশিল জনগোষ্ঠী Bengali/Bangla Ixils Catalan Ixil German Iŝiloj Esperanto Ixil (etnia) Spanish Ixils French Ixil Croatian イシル族 Japanese
 Ixil people at a festival in Nebaj, Guatemala. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 133,329[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Mexico | (Campeche, Quintana Roo) |
 Guatemala | (Santa María Nebaj) |
| Languages | |
| Ixil, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic, Evangelical, Maya religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Awakatek | |
The Ixil (pronounced [iʂil]) are a Maya people located in the states of Campeche and Quintana Roo in Mexico and in the municipalities of Santa María Nebaj, San Gaspar Chajul, and San Juan Cotzal in the northern part of the Cuchumatanes mountains of the department of Quiché, Guatemala. These three municipalities are known as the Ixil Triangle and are the place of origin of the Ixil culture and where the majority of the population lives.
During the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), the Ixil people were victims of repression and violence by the Guatemalan military government in what is known as the Guatemalan genocide; many were displaced forcibly to Mexico to escape the violence. Once on Mexican territory, they established refugee camps that later turned to new towns and permanent communities.[2]
- ^ "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Atlas de los Pueblos Indígenas de México. Ixiles - Historia".