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Platanar Destination Guide

Touring Platanar in Guatemala

Platanar in the region of Chimaltenango is a city located in Guatemala - some 20 mi or ( 32 km ) North-West of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

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Time in Platanar is now 10:21 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, and Zaragoza. Being here already, consider visiting Belmopan . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Platanar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Build a bottle school on your family vacation

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hoisting up a kite (2)

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Hoisting up a giant kite in the cemetary in Santiago, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

San Martín Jilotepeque

San Martín Jilotepeque is a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala.

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Located at 14.78 -90.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Chimaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Santo Domingo Xenacoj

Santo Domingo Xenacoj is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez.

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Located at 14.68 -90.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Sacatepéquez Department, Populated places in Guatemala

San Juan Comalapa

San Juan Comalapa is a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. San Juan Comalapa is sometimes called the "Florence of America", because of the many Kaqchikel painters living there. It is also the birthplace of Rafael Álvarez Ovalle, who composed the national anthem. The painting tradition started in the 1930s, when Kaqchikel painter Andrés Curruchich (1891–1969) started painting with oil.

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Located at 14.73 -90.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Chimaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Mixco Viejo

Mixco Viejo ("Old Mixco"), occasionally spelt Mixcu Viejo, is an archaeological site in the north east of the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala, some 50 kilometres to the north of Guatemala City and 4 kilometres from the junction of the rivers Pixcaya and Motagua. It is a moderate sized ruined city of the Postclassic Maya civilization.

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Located at 14.87 -90.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Chimaltenango Department, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Guatemala, Populated places established in the 12th century

San José Poaquil

San José Poaquil is a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. San José Poaquil, like many other Mayan indigenous towns throughout the western highlands, suffered greatly under the severe military repression of the early 1980s. In 2002, 76 human remains were exhumed from mass graves by the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG).

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Located at 14.82 -90.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Chimaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala