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.
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San Andrés Semetabaj (Spanish pronunciation: [san anˈdɾes semeβaˈtax]) is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. According to Jorge Luis Arriola's Geonimias de Guatemala (English:Name origins of geographic locations in Guatemala), Semetabaj means "stone of glass-like appearance" and originates from the Spanish word "semet", which means : bottle or flask and, by extension, glass, and by the k'akch'iquel "abaj" which means "stone". Originally, it was called San Andrés Limetabaj. There is a Maya archeological site close to the municipal capital, which contains ca.
Population: 2,605
Latitude: 14° 45' 0.00" N
Longitude: -91° 07' 59.99" W
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