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Historically, the area now included in the department of El Progreso was known as Guastatoya or Huastatoya, derived from Nahuatl huäxyötl or huäxin ("calabash") and atoyac ("last"), meaning the last place that calabashes grow, a reference to the change in altitude that occurs in the department, and corresponding climatic change from cold to hot.
12 GT-21 Jalapa: 2,063 342,923 7 Jutiapa: 13 GT-22 Jutiapa: 3,219 488,395 17 Petén: 5 GT-17 Flores: 35,854 545,600 12 Quetzaltenango: 14 GT-09 Quetzaltenango: 1,951 799,101 24 Quiché: 7 GT-14 Santa Cruz del Quiché: 8,378 949,261 21 Retalhuleu: 15 GT-11 Retalhuleu: 1,856 326,828 9 Sacatepéquez: 16 GT-03 Antigua Guatemala: 465 330,469 16 San ...
The Guatemala City metropolitan area (Área Metropolitana de Guatemala or AMG) is a conglomeration of densely populated municipalities surrounding Guatemala City. In 2005, the metropolitan area was defined by the governments of Guatemala and Guatemala City as comprising the municipalities of Amatitlán , Chinautla , Guatemala City, Mixco , San ...
Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the national capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. [4] It is also a municipal capital of the Guatemala Department and the most populous urban metropolitan area in the region of Central America.
Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala. Guatemala rail map of 1925. Construction of the first railway in Guatemala commenced in 1878 [1] and the first section began operation in 1880, connecting Puerto San José and Escuintla, [1] [2] being extended to Guatemala City in 1884.
In 2023 several service changes were made to the network, including the official removal of all direct interchanges, with the exception of those on lines 6 & 18 and lines 1 & 2, as well as the addition of new stations on Lines 1, 2, 12, 13, and 18, and the discontinuing of line 21. [5] [6] Transmetro bus entering a station
Coatepeque (Spanish pronunciation: [koateˈpeke]), also known as Village of gardenias, is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala.According to the 2018 census, the town of Coatepeque had a population of 37,330.
Cantel is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department in Guatemala.It is located 7 miles east of the city of Quetzaltenango and has an area of 52.6 km 2.The town of Cantel has a population of 47,941 (2023 census), [2] and is situated at an altitude of 2,370 metres.