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Xacaxa Destination Guide

Delve into Xacaxa in Guatemala

Xacaxa in the region of Chimaltenango is located in Guatemala - some 34 mi or ( 54 km ) West of New Guatemala , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Xacaxa

Local time in Xacaxa is now 12:34 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, and Xesajcab. While being here, you might want to check out Belmopan . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Xacaxa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Iximche Guia del Viajero Misuperguia.com

5:14 min by tvprofesional
Views: 27633 Rating: 5.00

www.misuperguia.com Viaje a Iximche Guatemala, Ruinas Mayas Ubicadas a solo 1 y media horas de la Ciudad de Guatemala, Carretera CA1, que pasa por San Lucas, Chimaltenago, hasta llegar a Tecpan. Muest ..

Pacaya Volcano Explosion

3:01 min by HarrisHarold
Views: 21782 Rating: 4.77

Volcano Pacaya, just outside Antigua and Guatemala City, Guatemala, erupts on new years eve 2006, just as my friends decided to trek up to get a closer look. A red-hot boulder about the size of a volk ..


Dream Tour Ticabus P1 - From Tapachula to Guatemala City 1080 50p Full HD

9:26 min by mssx99
Views: 10656 Rating: 4.83

A few impressions going by Bus from Tapachula in Chiapas / Mexico to Panama. This is part 1 with some views until entering in Guatemala City. The bus company is called Ticabus and for about 200 USD yo ..

Lo Mejor de Guatemala chimaltenango Departamento # 03

4:55 min by chico0786
Views: 8411 Rating: 3.67

Chimaltenango, Los Aposentos, IximChe( Ceremonia Maya), San Simon( San Andres Itzapa) ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Santa Apolonia, Chimaltenango

Santa Apolonia is a municipality in the northern part of Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. Santa Apolonia is bordered by the towns of Tecpán to the west and south, San José Poaquil to the east and San Juan Comalapa to the southeast. http://209.15.138.224/inmochapin/m_chimaltenango. htm The geographical extension of the town is 96 square kilometers (37 mi²).

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Located at 14.78 -90.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Chimaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Tecpán Guatemala

Tecpán Guatemala (locally referred to as just Tecpán) is a municipality in the department of Chimaltenango, in Guatemala, on the Inter-American Highway CA-1. The climate is generally cold. It is characterized as a tourist destination, with some fame derived from its landscapes, varied vegetation and from being on an access route to Iximché archaeological site.

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Located at 14.77 -91.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Chimaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

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 9 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Chimaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Iximche

Iximche (or Iximché using Spanish orthography) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala. Iximche was the capital of the Late Postclassic Kaqchikel Maya kingdom from 1470 until its abandonment in 1524. The architecture of the site included a number of pyramid-temples, palaces and two Mesoamerican ballcourts. Excavators uncovered the poorly preserved remains of painted murals on some of the buildings and ample evidence of human sacrifice.

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Located at 14.74 -91.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1470 establishments, 1526 disestablishments, Chimaltenango Department, Colonial Central America, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites 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 12 km away
Tags: Rivers of Guatemala