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Chuabaj Destination Guide

Discover Chuabaj in Guatemala

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

Interactive map of Chuabaj

Local time in Chuabaj is now 10:04 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, and Xecoja. When in this area, you might want to check out Belmopan . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Chuabaj ? 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 ..

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! ..

Guatemala - Chichicastenango market

2:21 min by Enrico Massetti
Views: 1630 Rating: 5.00

Guatemala's famous Chichicastenango market in 1987 ..


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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 11 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

Concepción, Sololá

Concepción is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala.

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Located at 14.78 -91.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Sololá Department, 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 16 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Guatemala, K'iche', Maya sites in Guatemala, Quiché Department