Quetzaltenango Department

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Quetzaltenango Department is an administrative region in western Guatemala known for its highland landscapes, indigenous Maya culture, and its capital city Quetzaltenango (Xela), a major cultural and economic center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Guatemala ⓘ
borderedBy Huehuetenango Department ⓘ
Retalhuleu Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Marcos Department ⓘ
Sololá Department ⓘ
Suchitepéquez Department ⓘ
Totonicapán Department ⓘ
capital Quetzaltenango ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kʼicheʼ Maya ⓘ
Ladino ⓘ
Mam Maya ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter city of Quetzaltenango ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Kaqchikel ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
Mam ⓘ
hasMajorCity Almolonga ⓘ
Cabricán ⓘ
Cantel ⓘ
Coatepeque ⓘ
Colomba ⓘ
Concepción Chiquirichapa ⓘ
El Palmar ⓘ
Flores Costa Cuca ⓘ
Génova ⓘ
Huitán ⓘ
Olintepeque ⓘ
Palestina de Los Altos ⓘ
Quetzaltenango ⓘ
Salcajá ⓘ
San Carlos Sija ⓘ
San Juan Ostuncalco NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Martín Sacatepéquez ⓘ
Zunil ⓘ
hasMountain Santa María Volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santiaguito Volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor coffee production ⓘ
highland landscapes ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
indigenous Maya culture ⓘ
thermal springs ⓘ
volcanic scenery ⓘ
locatedIn Guatemala Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Guatemalan Highlands

western Guatemala ⓘ
majorEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
nativeName Quetzaltenango Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Departamento de Quetzaltenango
numberOfMunicipalities 24 ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Guatemala ⓘ
surface form: State of Guatemala
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Standard Time
timeZoneOffset UTC−06:00 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quetzaltenango → locatedIn → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Quetzaltenango → isCapitalOf → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Mam → region → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Battle of Quetzaltenango → locatedInPresentDay → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
San Marcos Department → bordersWith → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Santiaguito lava dome complex → region → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
southern Guatemala → contains → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Sololá Department → borders → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Mam language → region → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Quiché Department → borderedBy → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ people → populationCenter → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quetzaltenango region
Quetzaltenango Department → nativeName → Quetzaltenango Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Departamento de Quetzaltenango
Xela → locatedIn → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Xela → isCapitalOf → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ
Xelajú → locatedIn → Quetzaltenango Department ⓘ