Huehuetenango
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Huehuetenango () is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before the Mexican border at La Mesilla. Its primary export is coffee.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Huehuetenango
- Settlement.native_name
- Xinabahul
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ciudad de Huehuetenango.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The city center of Huehuetenango
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera Municipal de Huehuetenago.svg
- Settlement.nickname
- Huehue
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala#Guatemala Huehuetenango
- 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 Huehuetenango
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Huehuetenango
- Settlement.leader_party
- Lider
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Huehuetenango Department
- Population
- 136639
- Area
- 204
- Elevation
- 1901
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Huehuetenango Department
- Shares border with
- San Sebastián Huehuetenango
- Image
- Ciudad de Huehuetenango.JPG
- Dialing code
- 502
- Patron saint
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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- postal code
- 13001
- Commons category
- Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango
- inception
- 1524-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Charlottesville
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Frida Kahlo
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Climate
- Sports
- People
- Notes
- External links
Huehuetenango () is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before the Mexican border at La Mesilla. Its primary export is coffee.
==Overview==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huehuetenango” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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