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San Pedro La Laguna (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo la laˈɣuna]) is a Guatemalan town on the southwest shore of Lake Atitlán.For centuries, San Pedro La Laguna has been inhabited by the Tz'utujil people, and in recent years it has also become a tourist destination for its Spanish language schools, nightlife, and proximity to the lake and volcanoes, particularly Volcán San Pedro, at ...
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán, ) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The lake is located in the Sololá Department of southwestern Guatemala . It is known as the deepest lake in Central America .
The municipality is located on the shores of Lake Atitlán, approximately 3 miles southeast of Panajachel, a popular tourist destination. To its southeast is San Antonio Palopó . The three aforementioned towns are connected by one paved road, which runs directly through Santa Catarina Palopó.
San Juan La Laguna (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan la laˈɣuna]) is a municipality on the southwest shore of Lago de Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala. It consists of the village named San Juan La Laguna and three smaller aldeas (small villages) in the nearby mountain. The population is approximately 95% Tz'utujil. Agriculture is most ...
The town of Panajachel is located on the Northeast shore of Lake Atitlán, and has become a centre for the tourist trade of the area as it provides a base for visitors crossing the lake to visit other towns and villages. "Panajachel" derives from the Kaqchikel language and roughly translates to "place of the Matasanos," the white sapote fruit tree.
San Pablo La Laguna. San Pablo La Laguna (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpaβlo la laˈɣuna]) is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala.It consists of the village that bears the name San Pablo La Laguna which is situated on the shore of Lake Atitlan between the villages of San Juan La Laguna and San Marcos La Laguna
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Children attended school three hours a day, even though they did not know any Spanish and their ladino teacher did not know their native language. Photograph by Alfred Percival Maudslay . [ 9 ] Men from San Antonio Palopó in 1895; due to their reluctance to have their picture taken, Maudslay and his wife had to beg this group to have the ...