Salcajá
Salcajá is a town and municipality in Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Salcajá is best known for the Church of San Jacinto, founded in 1524, which was the first church built in Central America since it was one of the first places invaded in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 10,600 residents
- Description: municipality of Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
- Also known as: “Salcaja”
- Neighbors: Almolonga, Cantel, Quetzaltenango, and San Andrés Xecul
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Andrés Xecul.
San Andrés Xecul
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Andrés Xecul is a town, with a population of 15,074, and a municipality in the Totonicapán department of Guatemala.
Salcajá
- Categories: municipality of Guatemala, city, and locality
- Location: Quetzaltenango Department, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.8791° or 14° 52′ 45″ northLongitude
-91.4575° or 91° 27′ 27″ westPopulation
10,600Elevation
2,322 metres (7,618 feet)Open location code
766CVGHR+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1377288333OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3590605Wikidata ID
Q2717997
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Salcajá” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Salcajá”
- Cebuano: “Municipio de Salcajá”
- Cebuano: “Salcajá”
- Chinese: “Salcajá”
- Chinese: “萨尔卡哈”
- Chinese: “薩爾卡哈”
- Dutch: “Salcajá”
- French: “Salcajá”
- Italian: “Salcajá”
- K'iche': “kekchi”
- Lithuanian: “Salkacha”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Salcajá”
- Persian: “سالساخا”
- Polish: “Salcajá”
- Portuguese: “Salcajá”
- Spanish: “Salcaja”
- Spanish: “Salcajá”
- Swedish: “Municipio de Salcajá”
- Swedish: “Salcajá”
- Urdu: “سالکاحا”
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