Cika jumla mai zuwa: Kafin
Bayan mamayar Mutanen Espanya yankin da ke cikin sashen na zamani ya zama wani ɓangare na Masarautar K'iche 'na Q'umarkaj. Masarautar ta ci nasara a hannun Mutanen Espanya a karkashin Pedro de Alvarado a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa da aka yi kusa da garin Quetzaltenango, wanda aka sani da Xelaju. A cikin karni na 19 an haɗa yankin sashen na zamani a cikin jihar Amurka ta Tsakiya ta Los Altos. An kirkiro sashen ne ta hanyar doka a 1845, shekaru biyar bayan da Rafael Carrera ya murkushe jihar.