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Huehuetenango Destination Guide

Explore Huehuetenango in Guatemala

Huehuetenango in the region of Huehuetenango with its 79,426 inhabitants is a town in Guatemala - some 79 mi or ( 128 km ) North-West of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Huehuetenango is now 08:03 AM (Friday) . 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: Chetumal, Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, and Santa Tecla. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Chetumal . 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 Huehuetenango ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Comida autobus Guatemala

2:45 min by mandurrito
Views: 34161 Rating: 4.81

Comida servida por la ventana, sin bajar del autobús. Cerca de Huhuetenango. ..

Todos Santos

3:24 min by wattetiparoch
Views: 11579 Rating: 4.20

(c)Charles Glover 2010. Travel to a community that time forgot...Todos Santos Cuchumatan, グアテマラ高原にあろとてもユニックな村、トドス・サントス御覧ください。It is a village located in the highlands of central Guatemala. The Mam peop ..


Descending to city Huehuetenango Guatemala

3:08 min by henasau
Views: 6941 Rating: 5.00

2011 motorcycle trip through Americas ..

Amenaza Volcanica Santiaguito El Palmar Quetzaltenango Guatemala.wmv

17:07 min by Alvaro Rojas
Views: 4755 Rating: 4.00

Parte final de nuevo documental llamado Amenaza Volcánica Santiaguito, marzo 2011. www.elpalmartv.webgarden.es el palmar tv. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Huehuetenango

Huehuetenango is a city and a municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The municipality's population was over 81,000 people in 2002. The city is located 269 km from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before reaching the Mexican border at La Mesilla.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.31 -91.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Huehuetenango Department, Populated places established in 1524, Populated places in Guatemala

Estadio Los Cuchumatanes

Estadio Los Cuchumatanes is a football stadium located in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. It is home to football club Deportivo Xinabajul. Its capacity is around 5,340. The stadium opened its doors on January 17, 2007.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.32 -91.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Football venues in Guatemala, Huehuetenango Department

Zaculeu

Zaculeu or Saqulew is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the highlands of western Guatemala, about 3.7 kilometres outside of the modern city of Huehuetenango. Occupation at the site dates back as far as the Early Classic period (AD 250–600) of Mesoamerican history. Zaculeu was the capital of the Postclassic Mam kingdom, and was conquered by the K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj, displaying a mixture of Mam and K'iche' style architecture.

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Located at 15.33 -91.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Classic period in Mesoamerica, Former populated places in Guatemala, Huehuetenango Department, K'iche', Maya sites in Guatemala

Chiantla

Chiantla is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at 2,000m above sea level. It covers a terrain of 536km2. The annual festival is on January 28.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.35 -91.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Chiantla, Municipalities of the Huehuetenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Selegua River

The Selegua is a river in Guatemala. The river flows northwards from its sources in the highlands of Huehuetenango until it crosses the border with Mexico at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:15.749467|-91.918659|type:landmark_region:GT|||||| | |name=Río Seleguá }}, and continues northwards into the Presa de La Angostura, one of Mexico's largest artificial lakes. The river's length in Guatemala is 102 km. The Selegua river basin cover an area of 1,535 km² in Guatemala.

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Located at 15.27 -91.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Geography of Mesoamerica, Rivers of Guatemala, Rivers of Mexico