San Andrés Semetabaj
San Andrés Semetabaj is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. According to Jorge Luis Arriola's Geonimias de Guatemala, Semetabaj means "stone of glass-like appearance" and originates from the Spanish word "semet", which means : bottle or flask and, by extension, glass, and by the k'akch'iquel "abaj" which means "stone".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,610 residents
- Description: municipality of Sololá Department, Guatemala
- Also known as: “San Andrés” and “San Andres Semetabaj”
- Neighbors: Chichicastenango, Panajachel, San Antonio Palopo, and Santa Catarina Palopo
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Catarina Palopo.
Santa Catarina Palopo
Photo: RCP-VA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Catarina Palopó is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. The municipality is located on the shores of Lake Atitlán, approximately 3 miles southeast of Panajachel, a popular tourist destination.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Panajachel and San Antonio Palopo.
Panajachel
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Panajachel is in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Panajachel, or Pana as it is widely known is a small town on the North shore of Lake Atitlán. Pana is a small town with a booming tourist industry.
San Antonio Palopo
Photo: Sergioestuardop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Antonio Palopo is an authentic Mayan town on the shore of Lake Atitlán in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.
Solola
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Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality. It is located close to Lake Atitlán.
San Andrés Semetabaj
- Categories: municipality of Guatemala and locality
- Location: Sololá Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.74429° or 14° 44′ 39″ northLongitude
-91.13278° or 91° 7′ 58″ westPopulation
2,610Elevation
1,963 metres (6,440 feet)Open location code
766CPVV8+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 769979686OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3590524Wikidata ID
Q2402766
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“San Andrés Semetabaj” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Municipio de San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Cebuano: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Chinese: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Chinese: “圣安德烈斯-塞梅塔瓦赫”
- Chinese: “聖安德雷斯塞梅塔瓦赫”
- Dutch: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- French: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Italian: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Japanese: “サン・アンドレス・セメタバフ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Polish: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Portuguese: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Spanish: “San Andres Semetabaj”
- Spanish: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Swedish: “Municipio de San Andrés Semetabaj”
- Swedish: “San Andrés Semetabaj”
- “San Andrés Semetabaj”
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