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Quezaltenango (kāsältānäng`gō), city (1994 est. pop. 90,801), SW Guatemala. The city is the metropolis of the western highlands (it is 7,500 ft/2,286 m above sea level) and the second city of Guatemala. The city has much diversified light industry, including textile manufacturing and brewing. The development of hydroelectric power has helped make it a leading industrial city of Central America. Quezaltenango was rebuilt after being severely damaged in 1902 by an eruption of nearby Santa María volcano (12,362 ft/3,768 m). The site of the city was the center of the ancient Quiché kingdom of Xelaju; the region is still dominated by Quiché inhabitants.
Quezaltenango a city in Guatemal, located near the Pan American Highway at an elevation of 2,350 m. Capital of the department of Quezaltenango. Population, 70,500 (1970). Quezaltenango is the country’s second largest city and second in economic importance. Textile manufacturing andhandicrafts are the most important economic activities. The city is the center of an agricultural region (primarily corn). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | If you take a trip through high]and villages, you will find indigenous cofradias that reproduce a religiosity that is a fusion of Catholic and Maya beliefs, but if you visit the major cities like Antigua, Quetzaltenango, or Guatemala City itself, you will find baroque traditions very well preserved as an expression of the former glory of the Catholic Church. The week before, someone had apparently notified the press that Ovidio Batz Tax from Salcaja Quetzaltenango was about to testify before the Procuradoria de Derechos Humanos (PDH) about a plot to murder opposition leader Otto Perez Molina and the secretary-general of the right-wing Partido Patriotico (PP) he founded, Roxana Baldetti. REFORESTATION AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING PROJECT - GUATEMALA Partner Organization: The Alliance for International Reforestation This project will plant 50,000 native trees in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala to reverse the effects of deforestation and slash-and-burn farming. |
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