Zunil
Sign in to saveZunil () is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of . The town of Zunil is located from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salamá River. Zunil has an altitude of approximately above mean sea level. The population of the municipality, which is 100% indigenous, was 14,118 at the 2018 census. The inhabitants speak Kʼicheʼ and Spanish. There are thermal baths with volcanic water around the town, for example Fuentes Georginas and Almolonga.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zunil
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- zunil guatemala panorama.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Panorama, 2009
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- Guatemala
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- bottom
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- Location in Guatemala
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- Country
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- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Quetzaltenango
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jose Maria Chaj (2012-2016)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 80
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2076
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 14118
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Zunil () is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of . The town of Zunil is located from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salamá River. Zunil has an altitude of approximately above mean sea level. The population of the municipality, which is 100% indigenous, was 14,118 at the 2018 census. The inhabitants speak Kʼicheʼ and Spanish. There are thermal baths with volcanic water around the town, for example Fuentes Georginas and Almolonga.
==Religion== Zunil possesses active worship of San Simón (also known as Maximón), a life-sized mannequin representing a Maya god, sitting in a wooden throne, which is moved to a different house every year, and many people visit and leave gifts at his shrine.