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Encyclopedia > Huehuetenango (department)
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Huehuetenango is a department in Guatemala. The capital is the city of Huehuetenango. Guatemala is divided in 22 departments Department (Capital) Alta Verapaz (Cobán) Baja Verapaz (Salamá) Chimaltenango (Chimaltenango) Chiquimula (Chiquimula) El Petén (Flores) El Progreso (Guastatoya) El Quiché (Santa Cruz del Quiché) Escuintla (Escuintla) Guatemala (Guatemala) Huehuetenango (Huehuetenango) Izabal (Puerto Barrios) Jalapa (Jalapa) Jutiapa (Jutiapa) Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango) Retalhuleu (Retalhuleu) Sacatep... Huehuetenango is a city in the highlands of western Guatemala. ...


Municipalities

  1. Aguacatán
  2. Chiantla
  3. Colotenango
  4. Concepción Huista
  5. Cuilco
  6. Huehuetenango
  7. Jacaltenango
  8. La Democracia
  9. La Libertad
  10. Malacatancito
  11. Nentón
  12. San Antonio Huista
  13. San Gaspar Ixchil
  14. San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán
  15. San Juan Atitán
  16. San Juan Ixcoy
  17. San Mateo Ixtatán
  18. San Miguel Acatán
  19. San Pedro Necta
  20. San Pedro Soloma
  21. San Rafael La Independencia
  22. San Rafael Petzal
  23. San Sebastián Coatán
  24. San Sebastián Huehuetenango
  25. Santa Ana Huista
  26. Santa Bárbara
  27. Santa Cruz Barillas
  28. Santa Eulalia
  29. Santiago Chimaltenango
  30. Tectitán
  31. Todos Santos Cuchumatán

Jacaltec and Mam Maya people live in this departament. Santa Bárbara is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. ... Santa Eulalia is a town in Ibiza, one of the Balearic Islands off the cost of Spain. ... The Jacaltec (or Jakalteko or Popti) are a group of Maya Indians living in the Western Guatemala highlands and adjoining part of Chiapas and southern Mexico. ... The Mam are a Native American people of the highlands of western Guatemala. ... The Maya people are a Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. ...



Departments of Guatemala Flag of Guatemala
Alta Verapaz | Baja Verapaz | Chimaltenango | Chiquimula | El Petén | El Progreso | El Quiché | Escuintla | Guatemala | Huehuetenango | Izabal | Jalapa | Jutiapa | Quetzaltenango | Retalhuleu | Sacatepéquez | San Marcos | Santa Rosa | Sololá | Suchitepequez | Totonicapán | Zacapa

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Huehuetenango - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (121 words)
Huehuetenango is a city in the highlands of western Guatemala.
It is the capital of the department of Huehuetenango.
Huehuetenango was founded after the Spanish conquest of the Maya capital of Zaculeu, the Pre-Columbian capital of the Mam Maya people.
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