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History of Achi


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The origins of Achi are in the old town of Ojolargo, which was located where today the Mao village 6 km from what today is Achi. Ojolargo was founded on September 24, l770 and in 1779 had 471 inhabitants. But this town was short-lived since fleeing inhabitants disappeared from a cholera epidemic that struck 1814 and were seated in the abundance of Achi Achi , a tropical fruit. In 1815 Mayor Estanislao Majagual Lorenzana Huertas ordered the relocation of the
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