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El Quiché forms the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ people. In pre-Columbian times, the Kʼicheʼ settlements and influence reached beyond the highlands, including the valley of Antigua and coastal areas in Escuintla.

According to the 2011 census, Kʼicheʼ people constituted 11% of the Guatemalan population,

There is also evidence for a large degree of cultural exchange between the Kʼicheʼ and the people of Central Mexico, and Nahuatl has influenced the Kʼicheʼ language greatly.[5]