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is a city in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The population was about 58,000 people as of 2002.
Huehuetenango was founded after the Spanish conquest of the Maya capital of Zaculeu, the Pre-Columbian capital of the Mam Maya people.
Former president Efraín Ríos Montt was born in Huehuetenango.
Huehuetenango was founded after the Spanish conquest of the Maya capital of Zaculeu, the Pre-Columbian capital of the Mam Maya people.
Former president Efraín Ríos Montt was born in Huehuetenango.
Categories: city
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huehuetenango
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°19'14"N 91°28'12"W
- Área Metropolitana de Quetzaltenango 40 km
- San Miguel Totonicapán 45 km
- Coatepeque 82 km
- Motozintla 85 km
- Tapachula 100 km
- Antigua Guatemala 112 km
- Municipio de Guatemala (Ciudad de Guatemala) 118 km
- Juchitán de Zaragoza 403 km
- Salina Cruz 415 km
- Tehuantepec 424 km
- Lo de Hernandez 1.4 km
- Zaculeu 2.9 km
- Huehuetenango Airport 3.8 km
- Unexcavated Mayan Ruins 4 km
- HOSPITAL NACIONAL HUEHUETENANGO 4.8 km
- Paquix 14 km
- Todos Santos Cuchumatán 26 km
- Colotenango 28 km
- Ical 29 km
- Jacaltenango 46 km
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