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Chontala Destination Guide

Explore Chontala in Guatemala

Chontala in the region of Quiché is a town in Guatemala - some 43 mi or ( 69 km ) North-West of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Chontala

Current time in Chontala is now 03:02 AM (Monday) . 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 Totonicapán. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . 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 Chontala ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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 ..

Smartdj - trippin the trip (Chill out - Trance - Full on - Dark)

9:29 min by smartdj66
Views: 3524 Rating: 4.56

Smartdj - trippin the trip Smartdj from Guatemaya city. I really mix a lot of music, drum and bass, chill out, trance, progtesive, house, minimal, dubstep, goa, dub, jungle, etc. www.youtube.com/smart ..


Chichicastenango Guatemala

4:52 min by MrRogalusa
Views: 2935 Rating: 5.00

Chichicastenango is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional K'iche' Maya culture. Well known for its famous market days on Thursdays and Sundays where vendors sell h ..

Chichicastenango market scenes.

2:38 min by anituha
Views: 1930 Rating: 5.00

Chichicastenango; polish group sucked! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Chichicastenango

Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional K'iche' Maya culture. The Spanish conquistadors gave the town its name from the Nahuatl name used by their soldiers from Tlaxcala: Tzitzicaztenanco, or City of Nettles. Its original name was Chaviar. Chichicastenango serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

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Located at 14.93 -91.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Chichicastenango, Municipalities of the Quiché Department, Populated places 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 13 km away
Tags: Rivers of Guatemala

Quiché Airport

Quiché Airport is an airport in Santa Cruz del Quiché, El Quiché, Guatemala.

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Located at 15.01 -91.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Airports in Guatemala

Santa Cruz del Quiché

Santa Cruz del Quiché is a city in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of El Quiché department and the municipal seat of Santa Cruz del Quiché municipality. The city is located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:15.03|N|91.15|W||||| | |name= }}, at an elevation of 2,021 m (6,631 feet) above sea level. The urban population was about 21,000 people in 2003.

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Located at 15.03 -91.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Quiché Department, Populated places established in the 16th century, Populated places in Guatemala

Q'umarkaj

Q'umarkaj, (sometimes rendered as Gumarkaaj, Gumarcaj, Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj) is an archaeological site in the southwest of the El Quiché department of Guatemala. Q'umarkaj is also known as Utatlán, the Nahuatl translation of the city's name. The name comes from K'iche' Q'umarkah "Place of old reeds". Q'umarkaj was one of the most powerful Maya cities when the Spanish arrived in the region in the early 16th century. It was the capital of the K'iche' Maya in the Late Postclassic Period.

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Located at 15.02 -91.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Guatemala, K'iche', Maya sites in Guatemala, Quiché Department