Tuichim
Tuichim is a locality in Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala and has an elevation of 2,502 metres. Tuichim is situated nearby to the locality Lublatzán, as well as near Tojcom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chicabal Lake and Chicabal.
Chicabal Lake
Lake
Photo: MarritzN, Public domain.
Chicabal Lake is a Guatemalan lake sacred to the Mam Mayan people. The lake is located in the municipal boundary of the town of San Martín Sacatepéquez in the department of Quetzaltenango. Chicabal Lake is situated 3 km southwest of Tuichim.
Chicabal
Volcano
Photo: Avalesco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chicabal is a 2,720 metres inactive volcano in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Its edifice has a volume of 12 km3. The volcano has a crater lake, Chicabal Lake, and is constructed within a collapse scar that may have been the consequence of a failure of a previous edifice. Chicabal is situated 3 km southwest of Tuichim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Martín Sacatepéquez and Concepción Chiquirichapa.
San Martín Sacatepéquez
Town
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Martín Sacatepéquez is one of 24 municipalities in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. San Martín Sacatepéquez has a surface area of 100 square kilometres.
Concepción Chiquirichapa
Town
Concepción Chiquirichapa is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, 14 kilometers west of the departmental capital of Quetzaltenango, and 214 kilometers west of the capital Guatemala City. Concepción Chiquirichapa is situated 5 km north of Tuichim.
San Juan Ostuncalco
Town
Photo: Ekem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Juan Ostuncalco, is a town, with a population of 20,763, and a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Beside Spanish, local people speak the Mam language. San Juan Ostuncalco is situated 7 km north of Tuichim.
Tuichim
- Type: Locality
- Location: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.81077° or 14° 48′ 39″ northLongitude
-91.64289° or 91° 38′ 34″ westElevation
2,502 metres (8,209 feet)Open location code
766CR964+8RGeoNames ID
3588201
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In Other Languages
“Tuichim” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Tuichim”
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