Before the beginning of the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in the 1520s, Qʼeqchiʼ settlements were concentrated in what are now the departments of Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz.
Antes do comezo da conquista española de Guatemala en 1520, os asentamentos q'eqchi' estaban concentrados no que hoxe son os departmentos de Alta Verapaz e Baja Verapaz.