Ostuncalco
Encyclopedia
Ostuncalco, full name San Juan Ostuncalco, is a municipality
in the Quetzaltenango department
of Guatemala
. Beside Spanish local people speak the Mam language
.
La Victoria is a village in this department.
The 1765 Guatemala earthquake had its epicenter near Ostuncalco.
The "Baile del Torito" is a local dance from San Juan Ostuncalco;
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 Quetzaltenango 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...
. Beside Spanish local people speak the Mam language
Mam language
Mam is a Mayan language with almost 480,000 speakers as of 2002, spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and San Marcos....
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La Victoria is a village in this department.
The 1765 Guatemala earthquake had its epicenter near Ostuncalco.
The "Baile del Torito" is a local dance from San Juan Ostuncalco;