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Chácaras are used in the traditional music of the islands of El Hierro and La Gomera, the latter being very big, bigger than the hands of the player.
In Guatemala, another species (Fernaldia brachypharnynx Woodson) is endemic to the province of Escuintla in the southern part of Guatemala and shares the same common name.
Club Social y Deportivo Escuintleca, also known as Juventud Escuintleca, is a Guatemalan football club based in Escuintla, Escuintla Department.
La Democracia, Escuintla, a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Escuintla
President Álvaro Colom declared a state of calamity in the region adjacent to the volcano, and the Ministry of Education closed the schools in the departments of Guatemala, Escuintla and Sacatepequez.
Palín, Escuintla, municipality in the Escuintla Department of Guatemala
Throughout the conflict, the PMA maintained a rapid action battalion with a base located 30 miles southeast of Guatemala City near Escuintla, which could be deployed to virtually any region in the country.
After of settlement from Toca villages in 1779, called "El Primer Asentamiento" (First Settlement), a second Canarian group was established in the region (originally "El Segundo Establecimiento") which they named Benchijigua in honor to the village of Benchijigua on the island of La Gomera, place of origin of this second population.
The municipality is 81 km from Guatemala City, situated between the municipalities of Escuintla, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, and La Democracia, linked to Siquinalá by road, which continues to the sea at Sipacate, in the municipality of La Gomera.