Cunén
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Santa María Cunén (usually abbreviated to Cunén) is a town and municipality in the El Quiché department of Guatemala. The municipality covers 195 km2. At an average altitude of 1,827 metres above sea level, its climate is temperate. It is located 68 km from the departmental capital, Santa Cruz del Quiché, as measured by paved road. Tourist attractions include Las Grutas and the El Chorro waterfall.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Santa María Cunén
- Settlement.other_name
- Cunén
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality of Guatemala
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Cunén.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px El Quiché
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cunén
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pedro Alejandro Pu Canto
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 195
- Settlement.population_as_of
- Census 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Guatemala
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Quiché Department
- Population
- 47250
- Area
- 168
- Elevation
- 1827
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Shares border with
- Aguacatán
- Official website
- www.inforpressca.com/cunen
- Dialing code
- 502
- Patron saint
- Virgin of Candelaria
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- postal code
- 14010
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Monastery and doctrine of Order of Preachers
- After the independence of Central America
- Guatemalan Civil War
- Climate
- Geographic location
- See also
- Notes and references
- References
- Bibliography
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cunén” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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