Samala River

The Samalá is a river in southwestern Guatemala. Its sources are in the , range, in the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Guatemala
  • Also known as: Samalá River

Samala River

Latitude
14.19225° or 14° 11′ 32″ north
Longitude
-91.78519° or 91° 47′ 7″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
766C56R7+WW
Geo­Names ID
3590570
Wiki­data ID
Q7408531
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Samala River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Río Samalá
  • Chinese: 薩馬拉河 (危地馬拉)
  • Chinese: 薩馬拉河
  • Irish: Abhainn Samalá
  • Japanese: サマラ川
  • Lithuanian: Samala
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sámala
  • Spanish: Rio Samala
  • Spanish: Rio Samalá
  • Spanish: Río Samala
  • Spanish: Río Samalá
  • Swedish: Río Samalá
  • Welsh: Afon Samalá

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Samala River”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.