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18 unusual facts about Quetzaltenango


Afro-Guatemalan

Also in the 1530s are mentioned in the records of the Cabildo of Santiago, in Almolonga, some enslaved blacks.

Antonio Rivera Cabezas

He also founded a school in Guatemala City and another in Quetzaltenango, and introduced the Lancastrian Method.

Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group

The AIDG began training at its first micro-manufacturing facility, XelaTeco, in Quetzaltenango (Xela) Guatemala in August 2005.

Carlos Mérida

From 1907 to 1909, the family went to live in the small town of Almolonga in the Quetzaltenango Department of Guatemala, where they were from.

Carlos Navarrete Cáceres

Carlos Alberto Navarrete Cáceres (born January 29, 1931 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala) is an anthropologist and writer.

Club Xelajú MC

They are located in Quetzaltenango, Department of Quetzaltenango, and play their home matches in the Estadio Mario Camposeco.

Génova

Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

History of Central America

In the 1830s, an additional state was added, Los Altos, with its capital in Quetzaltenango, occupying parts of what is now the western highlands of Guatemala and part of Chiapas (now part of Mexico), but this state was reincorporated into Guatemala and Mexico respectively in 1840.

Hurricane Stan

The government stated that it did not know what was going on in the southwest of the country, and particularly in the San Marcos department because a vital bridge was destroyed at El Palmar, Quetzaltenango, cutting the region off from the rest of the country.

Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicara

Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicará (born 1947) is an indigenous artist born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

Mario Camposeco

Born in Quetzaltenango, he started his football career in 1938 playing for the local team América.

Marmion Abbey

The principal apostolate of the monks has been Marmion Academy, though a variety of work has been undertaken by them throughout the Fox Valley area and beyond, particularly their mission priory in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, where they operate a minor seminary.

Minor López

A tall centre forward, López was born in Quetzaltenango, and began his professional career in 2007 at local club Xelajú MC, where he scored 14 goals in three seasons.

Quetzaltenango Airport

'Quetzaltenango Airport is located in the Guatemalan highlands, in the northeastern part of the city of Quetzaltenango.

Rafael Carrera

At Coatepeque the Guatemalans suffered a severe defeat, which was followed by a truce.

Rodolfo Galeotti Torres

Rodolfo Galeotti Torres was born on March 4, 1912 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

Rolando Morán

Comandante Rolando Morán (December 29, 1929, Quetzaltenango – September 11, 1998, Guatemala City) is the nom de guerre of Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, a former leader of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG), an armed Guatemalan resistance organization.

Xela

Quetzaltenango, a Guatemalan city which is more commonly referred to as Xela.