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Encyclopedia > Chimaltenango

Chimaltenango is a small city of some 43,900 people as of 2002 and the capital of the department of Chimaltenango. It is some 35 miles west of Guatemala City, on the Pan-American Highway.


In Pre-Columbian times what is now the city of Chimaltenango was known as B'oko' . Like many other cities in the area, the Spanish Conquistadores used the name of their Mexico.


The city produces textiles and pottery. Chimaltenango is also the home of the Rose Education Foundation.


Images of Buildings on the Main Square, Chimaltenango

Image:ChimaltenangoGovernmentCastle.jpg
Government Castle


Image:ChimaltenangoCathedral.jpg
Cathedral


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Chimaltenango - Viaje a Guatemala - Prensa Libre (949 words)
Chimaltenango - Viaje a Guatemala - Prensa Libre
Chimaltenango was the cradle, in the Mayan city of Iximché, of the first capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala, which eventually was moved to the site now occupied by Ciudad Vieja, in the neighboring Department of Sacatepéquez.
The history of Chimaltenango, or B'oko', is related to the center of kaqchikel power and later with the growth of the Spanish City.
Chimaltenango - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (135 words)
Chimaltenango is a small Guatemalan city of some 43,900 people (as of 2002).
It serves as both the capital of the department of Chimaltenango and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
Chimaltenango is also the home of the Rose Education Foundation.
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