Palestina de Los Altos
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Palestina de Los Altos is a municipality
in the Quetzaltenango department
of Guatemala
. Its inhabitants speak Mam
and Spanish.
Palestina de los Altos was originally called Toj Suj. It is located between San Juan Ostuncalco and San Marcos
.
The land is mainly used for farming, primarily corn and potatoes, and pasture.
Hamlet El Carmen
Hamlet San José Buena Vista
Hamlet El Edén
Palestina de Los Altos is a municipality
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...
. Its inhabitants speak Mam
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....
and Spanish.
Palestina de los Altos was originally called Toj Suj. It is located between San Juan Ostuncalco and San Marcos
San Marcos, Guatemala
San Marcos San Marcos San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet (2,398 meters) is a city and municipality in Guatemala.It is the capital of the department of San Marcos.The municipality has a population of approximately 45,000.-Sports:...
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The land is mainly used for farming, primarily corn and potatoes, and pasture.
Organization
TownshipHamlet El Carmen
Hamlet San José Buena Vista
Hamlet El Edén