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The Achi are a Maya ethnic group in Guatemala. They live in various municipalities in the department of Baja Verapaz . The municipalities they live in are Cubulco , Rabinal , San Miguel Chicaj , Salamá , San Jerónimo , and Purulhá , in addition to parts of Granados and el Chol .
Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural ...
The following is a list of contemporary ethnic groups.There has been constant debate over the classification of ethnic groups.Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing (clothing) style and ...
The number of ethnicity/nationality options available on Soviet censuses was enormous—the Soviet Union offered 194 different choices for ethnicity/nationality in its 1926 census. [74] There were 97 options in 1939, 126 options in 1959, 122 options in 1970, 123 options in 1979, and 128 options for the Soviet Union in 1989. [ 74 ]
Women writers by ethnicity (15 C) + Women of African descent (6 C, 24 P) A. Actresses by descent (7 C) Adivasi women (1 C, 16 P) African-American women (9 C, 25 P)
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, she is one of fewer than 3% of Black female physicians in the U.S. "It shouldn't be a term that's a unicorn. It should be something ...
Achi, Nagano, a village in Japan; Achi, Jalal-Abad, a village in Kyrgyzstan; Achi (Nigeria), a town in Enugu State, Nigeria; Achi, Ozurgeti Municipality, a village in Georgia Achi Monastery, a medieval church near the village; In other uses: Achi (game), an abstract strategy game; Australasian College of Health Informatics, a professional ...
Achi is spoken by 85,000 people in Cubulco and Rabinal, two municipios of Baja Verapaz. In some classifications, e.g. the one by Campbell, Achi is counted as a form of Kʼicheʼ. However, owing to a historical division between the two ethnic groups, the Achi Maya do not regard themselves as Kʼicheʼ.