Ka cika wannan magana: Qʼumarkaj yana ɗaya daga cikin biranen Maya da suka fi iko sa'ad da Mutanen Espanya suka isa yankin a farkon ƙarni na 16. Shi ne babban birnin Kʼicheʼ Maya a cikin Late Postclassic Period. A lokacin da
A lokacin mamayar Mutanen Espanya, Q'umarkaj sabon babban birni ne, tare da babban birnin masarautar K'iche' da aka fara a Jakawitz (wanda aka gano tare da wurin binciken kayan tarihi na Chitinamit) sannan kuma a Pismachi '. An kafa Qʼumarkaj a lokacin mulkin sarki Qʼuqʼumatz ("Macijin Guda" a cikin Kʼicheʼ) a farkon ƙarni na 15, kai tsaye arewacin Pismachiʼ. A cikin 1470 an raunana garin sosai ta hanyar tawaye tsakanin masu daraja wanda ya haifar da asarar manyan abokan kawancen Kʼicheʼ.