Sibinal is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. Its name comes from mam tziben (English: "Writing" and nal, meaning "Bernard writings" It was founded in February 1799. It is a mountainous municipality at an altitude about 2500 m near the Mexican-Guatemalan border. The village of Sibinal is one of the points for climbing towards the Volcano Tacaná.
Bishop Pedro Cortés y Larraz portrait; he arrived to Tejutla in 1770.
San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.
Sunrise in San Marcos
Finca El Platanillo coffee plantation, with the Tajmulco volcano behind
Farming communities below Volcán Tajumulco in San Marcos.
Sunset at Tilapa beach, Ocos, San Marcos