<P> The Q'eqchi ' live in lowland areas of Alta Vera Paz , Peten , and Western Belize . Over the course of the succeeding centuries a series of land displacements , re-settlements , persecutions and migrations resulted in a wider dispersal of Q'eqchi ' communities , into other regions of Guatemala ( Izabal , Petén , El Quiché ) . They are the 2nd largest ethnic Maya group in Guatemala ( after the K'iche ' ) and one of the largest and most widespread throughout Central America . </P>
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K'iche '