Cuyotenango
Encyclopedia
Cuyotenango is a municipality
in the Suchitepéquez department
of Guatemala
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Cuyotenango was founded around the 16th century, and it's name in Nahuatl literally means "Fortification of the Coyote", name given by the Mexican soldiers accompanying Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conquistador of Guatemala. There is a beach called Tulate, a vacation spot of Semana Santa (Holy Week)
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Suchitepéquez department
Departments of Guatemala
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of Guatemala
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...
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Cuyotenango was founded around the 16th century, and it's name in Nahuatl literally means "Fortification of the Coyote", name given by the Mexican soldiers accompanying Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conquistador of Guatemala. There is a beach called Tulate, a vacation spot of Semana Santa (Holy Week)