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Quetzaltenango
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Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is a municipality and namesake department in western Guatemala. The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. Inside the city, it can reach above .
Quetzaltenango is a city and department in western Guatemala situated in a mountainous valley at a high elevation. It is also known by its Maya name, Xelajú or Xela, and serves as the namesake for its surrounding department.
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Key facts
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- Quetzaltenango
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
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- Guatemala#Guatemala Quetzaltenango
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- a
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- bottom
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- Location in Guatemala
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Quetzaltenango
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Juan Fernando López, Partido Humanista
- Settlement.established_title
- Spanish foundation
- Settlement.established_date
- 15 May 1524
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 122
- Settlement.population_rank
- 6th in Guatemala
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Quetzaltenango Department
- Official language
- K’iche’
- Population
- 164684
- Area
- 120
- Elevation
- 2433
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Quetzaltenango Department
- Shares border with
- Salcajá
- Official website
- www.inforpressca.com/quetzaltenango
- Image
- Xela to Lake Atitlan Trek (Guatemala, February 2020) - 8 (49991937477).jpg
- Dialing code
- 5027
- Patron saint
- Holy Spirit
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- twinned administrative body
- Veracruz (city)
- Commons category
- Quetzaltenango
- postal code
- 09001
- topic's main category
- Category:Quetzaltenango
- category for people born here
- Q26210945
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Quetzaltenango
- inception
- 1524-00-00
- owner of
- Estadio Mario Camposeco
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Climate
- Economy
- Sports
- Transportation
- Education
- People born in Quetzaltenango
- Consular representations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is a municipality and namesake department in western Guatemala. The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. Inside the city, it can reach above .
Quetzaltenango is a part of the , which also includes the municipalities of Salcajá, Cantel, Almolonga, Zunil, Concepción Chiquirichapa, San Mateo, La Esperanza, San Juan Ostuncalco, Olintepeque, San Miguel Sigüilá, and Cajolá in Quetzaltenango Department, as well as San Cristóbal Totonicapán and San Andrés Xecul in Totonicapán Department.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quetzaltenango” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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