San José Poaquil
San José Poaquil is a town and municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. San José Poaquil, like many other Mayan indigenous towns throughout the western highlands, suffered greatly under the severe military repression of the early 1980s.- Type: Town with 5,990 residents
- Description: municipality of Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
- Also known as: “San Jose Poaquil”
San José Poaquil
- Categories: municipality of Guatemala and locality
- Location: Municipio de San José Poaquil, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.81719° or 14° 49′ 2″ northLongitude
-90.91213° or 90° 54′ 44″ westPopulation
5,990Elevation
1,977 metres (6,486 feet)Open location code
766FR38Q+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2486805862OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3589975Wikidata ID
Q1254233
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“San José Poaquil” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Municipio de San José Poaquil”
- Cebuano: “San José Poaquil”
- Chinese: “San José Poaquil”
- Chinese: “聖何塞波阿基爾”
- Dutch: “San José Poaquil”
- French: “San José Poaquil”
- Italian: “San José Poaquil”
- Min Nan Chinese: “San José Poaquil”
- Polish: “San José Poaquíl”
- Portuguese: “San José Poaquil”
- Scots: “San José Poaquil”
- Spanish: “San Jose Poaquil”
- Spanish: “San Jose Poaquíl”
- Spanish: “San José Poaquil”
- Spanish: “San José Poaquíl”
- Swedish: “Municipio de San José Poaquil”
- Swedish: “San José Poaquil”
- “San José Poaquíl”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque Municipal de San José Poaquil and Mercado Municipal de San Jose Poaquil No. 2.
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