Colotenango
Colotenango is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. The municipality is situated at 1,590 m (5,220 ft) above sea level and has a population of 34,834 (2018 census). It covers an area of 62 km2 (24 sq mi). The annual festival is August 12- 15.
Colotenango | |
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Municipality | |
  Colotenango Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°24′17″N 91°42′50″W | |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aroldo Ríos (UNE) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 62 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 34,834 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,132 |
| Climate | Cwb |
Colotenango has two holy sites called Tuikalajan and Tuisanmarcos.
Demographics
Colotenango is traditionally a Maya community whose residents speak the Mayan Mam language.[2] Two-thirds of the residents are Catholic, while about thirty percent are Evangelica.
Aldeas
Colotenango includes the following aldeas (towns), Colotenango (el pueblo), El Granadillo, Ical, Ixconlaj, La Barranca, La Vega, Tojlate, Luminoche, Tixel, and Xemal.
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gollark: People should probably be expected to learn some things independently at some point.
gollark: I do wonder, though, has anyone actually tested whether train pathfinding time is brought to actually-significant levels with loops?
gollark: I'm pretty sure it's a preference thing and that elsewhere there are arguments raging on it.
gollark: Also, "use the same train direction" as other people would probably make more sense than "use this train direction".
References
- Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
External links
- in Spanish
- Municipal map.
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