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Camanchaj Destination Guide

Explore Camanchaj in Guatemala

Camanchaj in the region of Quiché is a town in Guatemala - some 44 mi or ( 71 km ) West of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Camanchaj

Current time in Camanchaj is now 09:01 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, and Totonicapán. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Camanchaj ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

solola dancers

4:45 min by Mike Kurtzman
Views: 5045 Rating: 4.14

Young girls near Solola, Guatemala dancing a local dance. ..

Luna de Xelaju - Fotos de Volcanes y Montañas de Guatemala desde el Aire.

3:17 min by xrey009
Views: 3437 Rating: 5.00

" Luna de Xelajú" es un popular vals-canción de Guatemala que puede ser interpretado en la marimba o cualquier otro instrumento. Fue compuesto por Paco Pérez (1917-1951), cantante nacido en Huehuetena ..


Chichicastenango market scenes.

2:38 min by anituha
Views: 1930 Rating: 5.00

Chichicastenango; polish group sucked! ..

Guatemala - Chichicastenango market

2:21 min by Enrico Massetti
Views: 1630 Rating: 5.00

Guatemala's famous Chichicastenango market in 1987 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Chichicastenango

Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional K'iche' Maya culture. The Spanish conquistadors gave the town its name from the Nahuatl name used by their soldiers from Tlaxcala: Tzitzicaztenanco, or City of Nettles. Its original name was Chaviar. Chichicastenango serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

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Located at 14.93 -91.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Chichicastenango, Municipalities of the Quiché Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Madre Vieja River

The Río Madre Vieja is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, on the border of the departments El Quiché, Sololá, and Chimaltenango. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepéquez and Escuintla to the Pacific Ocean. The Madre Vieja river basin covers a territory of 1,007 km.

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Located at 14.80 -91.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Rivers of Guatemala

Concepción, Sololá

Concepción is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala.

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Located at 14.78 -91.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Sololá Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Sololá

Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality. It resides around lake atitlan. The name is a hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one spelling variant of which is T'zolojy'a. The urban center has about 14,000 people, but the municipality also includes four village communities—Los Encuentros, El Tablón, San Jorge la Laguna, and Argueta—as well as 59 smaller rural communities.

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Located at 14.77 -91.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Sololá Department, Populated places in Guatemala

San Andrés Semetabaj

San Andrés Semetabaj is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala.

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Located at 14.74 -91.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Sololá Department, Populated places in Guatemala