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Explore El Penasco in Guatemala

El Penasco in the region of Baja Verapaz is a town in Guatemala - some 24 mi or ( 38 km ) North of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

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Current time in El Penasco is now 07:28 AM (Thursday) . 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 Zacapa. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . We encountered 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 El Penasco ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Salsa lessons in Guatemala Antigua Spanish School

0:40 min by COINEDSchools
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www.coined-guatemala.org www.coined.com.ar Come to Guatemala, Antigua to learn Spanish and have fun dancing the typical guatemalan rhythm Salsa! ..

san jose ojetenam san marcos guate

1:21 min by Germanroblero
Views: 3265 Rating: 5.00

despues del recorrido de las visitas de unos de los bellos paisajes de san Jose Ojetenam san marcos guatemala con el señor directivo Justo German Navarro para visitar este lugar comuniquese cel 502--5 ..


Guatemala, Sistema Transporte Masivo de PasajerosTransMetro

1:35 min by MrFarellano
Views: 793 Rating: 3.67

Vista de la Estación Plaza Argentina del Sistema de Transporte Masivo de Pasajeros TransMetro de la ciudad de Guatemala. ..

Temples in the Promised Land ~ Book of Mormon Evidence

4:22 min by AnFhirinne
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Thoughtful insights from 32 top scholars continue the journey into the Book of Mormon's thousand-year span, aiding understanding of this sacred text. Mormon's description of the land, religious histor ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Santa Cruz El Chol

Santa Cruz El Chol is a municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. It is situated at 1008 m above sea level. It contains 8817 people.1 1]]] It covers a terrain of 140 km². An annual festival is held from December 6-December 8.

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Located at 14.97 -90.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Baja Verapaz Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Granados, Baja Verapaz

Granados is a municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala.

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Located at 14.91 -90.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Baja Verapaz Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Rabinal

Rabinal is a small town located in the Guatemalan department of Baja Verapaz, at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:15|5|4.70|N|90|29|20.50|W| | |name= }}. It serves as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality covers 504 km² and, in 2004, had a population of around 36,000. The local people are predominantly Achi Maya Native Americans who speak the Achi Maya language.

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Located at 15.08 -90.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Baja Verapaz Department, Populated places established in 1537, Populated places in Guatemala

Plan de Sánchez massacre

The Plan de Sánchez massacre took place in the Guatemalan village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz department, on 18 July 1982. Over 250 people (mostly women and children, and almost exclusively ethnic Achi Maya) were abused and murdered by members of the armed forces and their paramilitary allies. The killings took place during one of the most violent phases of Guatemala's Civil War, which pitted various groups of left-wing insurgents against the government and the armed forces.

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Located at 15.10 -90.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 1982 in Guatemala, Baja Verapaz Department, Conflicts in 1982, Guatemalan Civil War, History of Guatemala, Mass murder in 1982, Massacres in Guatemala, Political repression in Guatemala, Terrorist incidents in 1982

Plan de Sánchez

Plan de Sánchez is a village in the municipality of Rabinal, Baja Verapaz department, Guatemala. On July 18, 1982, while General Efraín Ríos Montt was President of Guatemala, a massacre was committed there by government forces during which over 200 people were killed. The massacre was a part of what is known as the scorched earth policy where the Guatemalan army eliminated up to 200,000 Mayan and indigenous peoples in a 36-year civil war until 1996.

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Located at 15.10 -90.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Guatemala