Acul Explained

Official Name:Acul
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Acul in Guatemala
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Guatemala
Subdivision Name1:El Quiché
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Acul
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Urban:c. 2000
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Ixil, K'iche',
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Coordinates:15.4177°N -91.1473°W

Acul is a town in the Quiché Department in Guatemala. It is located just north but out of view from the town of Nebaj.[1] The town was destroyed and much of its population brutally massacred by the National Army in the Guatemalan Civil War, but was later rebuilt in 1983 by the Government of Guatemala as a model town for other settlements similarly affected by the violence of the Civil War.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Google Maps. 7 August 2016.
  2. acul0.tripod.com/