Quetzaltenango Department
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Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango, the second largest city in Guatemala. The department is divided up into 24 municipaliti
Counterclockwise from top: Quetzaltenango Central Park, Fertile valley of Almolonga, Chicabal Lagoon, Santa Maria Volcano, Santiaguito Volcano & Quetzaltenango at night.
Statue of Tecun Uman in Quetzaltenango city
The Samalá River flowing through the outskirts of Quetzaltenango city
The Santiaguito volcano is in a state of constant activity
Kʼicheʼ people
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The Kʼicheʼ are Indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples. The eponymous Kʼicheʼ language is a Mesoamerican language in the Mayan language family. The highland Kʼicheʼ states
Quetzaltenango Department
…the second largest city in Guatemala. The department is divided up into 24 municipalities. The inhabitants include Spanish-speaking Ladinos and the Kʼicheʼ and Mam Maya groups, both with their own Maya language. The department consists of mountainous terrain, with its principal river being the Samalá River…
Women in El Quiché
Market day in the Kʼicheʼ town of Chichicastenango
A statue of Tecun Uman in the central plaza of Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala