Lake Atitlán
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán, [atiˈtlan]) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. It is in the Sololá Department of northern Guatemala.
Nahualá (Spanish pronunciation: [nawaˈla]) is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala.
Population: 27,690
Latitude: 14° 50' 60.00" N
Longitude: -91° 19' 0.01" W
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán, [atiˈtlan]) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. It is in the Sololá Department of northern Guatemala.
Santa María Volcano is a large active volcano in the western highlands of Guatemala, in the Quetzaltenango Department near the city of Quetzaltenango.
Quetzaltenango, also known by its indigenous name, Xelajú [ʃelaˈχu] or Xela [ˈʃela], is the second largest city of Guatemala.
Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional K'iche' Maya culture. The Spanish conquistadors gave the town its name from the Nahuatl name used by their so…
The K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj was a state in the highlands of modern-day Guatemala which was founded by the K'iche' (Quiché) Maya in the thirteenth century, and which expanded through the fifteenth century until it was conquered by Spanish and Na…
Q'umarkaj, (K'iche': [qʔumarˈkah]) (sometimes rendered as Gumarkaaj, Gumarcaj, Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj) is an archaeological site in the southwest of the El Quiché department of Guatemala. Q'umarkaj is also known as Utatlán, the Nahuatl translation of…
San Pedro La Laguna (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo la laˈɣuna]) is a Guatemalan town on the southwest shore of Lake Atitlán.
Earthquakes are relatively frequent occurrences in Guatemala. The country lies in a major fault zone, known as the Motagua and Chixoy-Polochic fault complex, which cuts across Guatemala and forms the tectonic boundary between the Caribbean plate and…
Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá.
Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality.
Santa Cruz del Quiché is a city in Guatemala.
Tecpán Guatemala (locally referred to as just Tecpán) is a municipality in the department of Chimaltenango, in Guatemala, on the Inter-American Highway CA-1.
Zunil (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈnil]) is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of 92 square kilometres (36 sq mi). Zunil is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of th…
Volcán San Pedro (or Las Yeguas) (3,020 metres (9,908 ft)) is a stratovolcano on the shores of Lago de Atitlán, in the Sololá Department of northern Guatemala.
San Andrés Xecul (Spanish pronunciation: [san anˈdɾes ʃeˈkul]) is a municipality in the Totonicapán department of Guatemala.
Almolonga is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department of Guatemala, located on the road between Ciudad de Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango City) and Zunil.
The Almolonga volcano, sometimes also called "Cerro Quemado" (Burned Mountain) or "La Muela" (The Molar) for it distinct shape, is an andesitic stratovolcano in the south-western department of Quetzaltenango in Guatemala.
San Antonio Palopó is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. The village is on the eastern shore of Lake Atitlán. The lowest elevation is 1,562 metres (5,125 ft) at the shoreline. The people of the region are Cakchiquel Maya with a di…