Cantel, Guatemala
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Cantel is a small municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department in Guatemala
, east from the city of Quetzaltenango
with an area of 22 km2. The village of Cantel is situated at 2,370 m altitude. The population is 32,221 people.
Cantel includes the small Maya
archaeological site of Chojolom
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Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, east from the city of Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, also commonly known by its indigenous name, Xelajú , or more commonly, Xela , is the second largest city of Guatemala. It is both the capital of Quetzaltenango Department and the municipal seat of Quetzaltenango municipality....
with an area of 22 km2. The village of Cantel is situated at 2,370 m altitude. The population is 32,221 people.
Cantel includes the small Maya
Maya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
archaeological site of Chojolom
Chojolom
Chojolom is a small Maya archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala. The site features a number of sculpted stones that are presumed to belong to the K'iche Maya culture of the Postclassic Period . Chojolom is situated on a hill in the municipality of Cantel, in the department of...
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