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San Juan Comalapa is a town, with a population of 32,312 (2018 census), [3] and a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. San Juan Comalapa is sometimes called the " Florence of America", because of the many Kaqchikel painters living there (one of the more celebrated painters being Paula Nicho Cumez ).
It is part of the municipality of Frontera Comalapa and is situated on the Guatemala-Mexico border opposite the city of La Mesilla, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. As of 2010, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc had a population of 2,325. [1]
Article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of Central America. 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:
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.
The Motagua River, whose principal head stream is called the Rio Grande, has a course of about 400 kilometres (250 mi), and is navigable to within 140 km (90 mi) of Guatemala City which is situated on one of its confluents, the Rio de las Vacas.
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
The capital of Chimaltenango is located about 54 kilometers away from Guatemala City. In addition to the city of Chimaltenango, the department contains the towns of Santa Apolonia (known for its ceramics ), San Juan Comalapa, and Patzún (known for its elaborate Corpus Christi celebrations in June).
This is a list of the extreme points of Central America, the points that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location on the region.The list also included highest and lowest points and identifies the most extensive lake.