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Antigua Guatemala (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtiɣwa ɣwateˈmala]), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque -influenced architecture and layout dating from that period.
A map of Guatemala. Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.
Map of Antigua Guatemala in 1773. Module:Location map/data/Antigua Guatemala is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Antigua Guatemala. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
4.1 Location map, using default map (image) 5 See ... 5.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Antigua Guatemala/doc ...
name = Antigua Name used in the default map caption; image = Antigua location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 17.184 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 16.957 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -61.948 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -61.634
The Valley of Guatemala is the territory in the country of Guatemala surrounding the historic city of Antigua Guatemala, [1] the old capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala. This territory contained the city of Santiago de los Caballeros , 2 large towns and 73 villages. [ 2 ]
This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2]
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