Cerro Quiac
Cerro Quiac is a small Maya archaeological site located at an altitude of 2,635 metres, overlooking the Plains of Urbina in the Guatemalan Highlands. When investigated in 1970, it had five stone sculptures, but by 1977 only four were left.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cantel and Salcajá.
Cantel
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cantel is a village in Guatemala, 10 km from the major city of Quetzaltenango. It is inhabited by K'iche' Maya. Just like going to its neighboring village Zunil, take a bus from either Minerva bus terminal or Rotonda bus stop in Quetzaltenango, or from the corner of 7 calle and 15 avenida in Zona 3.
Salcajá
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Almolonga
Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Almolonga is a city in Guatemala on the road between Ciudad de Quetzaltenango and Zunil. It provides medicinal sulfur baths, an up-close look at every day agro-business, and a taste of Guatemalan culture.
Cerro Quiac
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,590 metres
- Description: Small Maya archaeological site
- Categories: archaeological site, hill, and landform
- Location: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.83904° or 14° 50′ 21″ northLongitude
-91.4405° or 91° 26′ 26″ westElevation
2,590 metres (8,497 feet)Open location code
766CRHQ5+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 8555119807OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cerro Quiac” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro Quiac”
- Dutch: “Cerro Quiac”
- Indonesian: “Cerro Quiac”
- Spanish: “Cerro Quiac”
- Swedish: “Cerro Quiac”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Cerro Quiac”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.