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Los Banos Destination Guide

Touring Los Banos in Guatemala

Los Banos in the region of Quetzaltenango is located in Guatemala - some 66 mi or ( 106 km ) West of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Los Banos

Time in Los Banos is now 12:16 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Chetumal, Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, and Santa Tecla. Being here already, consider visiting Chetumal . 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 Los Banos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala - 2nd Largest City

2:27 min by Tom Lingenfelter
Views: 91038 Rating: 4.82

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala also known as Xela or Xelajú is located in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Quetzaltenango is a great place to study Spanish at one of the many Spanish Language Schools or ..

Guatemala Western Highlands (photos with marimba music)

3:20 min by John Yanno
Views: 4124 Rating: 5.00

Photos from my first trip to Guatemala. Photos are mostly from Quetzaltenango (Xela). The music is "Luna de Xelaju" played on the marimba. ..


Grupo Kanek Zunil

5:41 min by adrenalinatours
Views: 2888 Rating: 3.00

Baile folklórico en Zunil, Para mas información sobre el tour contacte Adrenalina Tours con correo info@adrenalinatours.com visite sitio web www.adrenalinatours.com ..

Guatemala Outreach, February 2009

5:20 min by reachvideo
Views: 2064 Rating: 5.00

Video of our eight-day trip in February 2009 to assist the K-9 private school in Cantel, Guatemala. Some 22 volunteers particiapated under the direction of Pastor Phil Truesdale. Our Lead Pastor, Jim ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Almolonga, Quetzaltenango

Almolonga is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department of Guatemala, located on a road between Quetzaltenango city and Zunil. The majority of its population is indigenous, speaking the K'iche' (Quiché) language The village is known as the "Vegetable Basket of the Americas" (la Hortaliza de América) due to an intense cultivation of vegetables in its vicinity. It also has tourist attractions like termal baths or Paradise Valley; it attracts about 120 tourists a year. http://www.

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Located at 14.81 -91.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Zunil

Zunil is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of 92 square kilometres . Zunil is located 9 kilometres from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salamá River. Zunil has an altitude of approximately 2,075 metres above mean sea level. The population is about 14,000 people, 100% indigenous. The inhabitants speak K'iche' and Spanish.

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Located at 14.78 -91.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Santa María Hydroelectric Dam

The Santa María Hydroelectric Dam is a reinforced concrete gravity dam and power plant spanning the Samalá River in Zunil, Escuintla, Guatemala. The dam's reservoir has a total capacity of 215,500 m³. The water is transported to the powerhouse through 614 m long pressure pipe. The plant has 3 different turbines (1 x 2.48 MW and 2 x 2.2 MW) with a total installed capacity of 6.88 MW.

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Located at 14.80 -91.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Hydroelectric power stations in Guatemala

Cantel, Guatemala

Cantel is a small municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department in Guatemala, east from the city of Quetzaltenango with an area of 22 km. The village of Cantel is situated at 2,370 m altitude. The population is 32,221 people. Cantel includes the small Maya archaeological site of Chojolom.

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Located at 14.81 -91.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Quetzaltenango

Quetzaltenango, also commonly known by its indigenous name, Xelajú, or more commonly, Xela [ˈʃela ˈʃela], is the second largest city of Guatemala. It is both the capital of Quetzaltenango Department and the municipal seat of Quetzaltenango municipality. It has an estimated population of 224,703. The population is about 61% indigenous or Amerindian, 34% Mestizo or ladino and 5% European.

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Located at 14.83 -91.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department, Populated places in Guatemala, Quetzaltenango