Guatemala
Alta Verapaz Department
Municipio de Panzós

Panzós

Panzós is a town with a population of 22,068 and a municipality in the department of Alta Verapaz. On 29 May 1978, the village of Panzós was the site of a massacre in which between 30 and 106 local inhabitants were killed by the army.
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  • Type: Town with 6,310 residents
  • Description: municipality of Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Panzos”

Panzós

Latitude
15.3986° or 15° 23′ 55″ north
Longitude
-89.642° or 89° 38′ 31″ west
Population
6,310
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
767G99X5+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 472114995
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3591676
Wiki­data ID
Q2050264
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Panzós” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Panzós”
  • Cebuano: “Panzós”
  • Chinese: “Panzós”
  • Chinese: “潘索斯”
  • Dutch: “Panzós”
  • French: “Panzós”
  • German: “Panzós”
  • Italian: “Panzos”
  • Italian: “Panzós”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Panzós”
  • Polish: “Panzós”
  • Portuguese: “Panzós”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Panzós”
  • Spanish: “Panzos”
  • Spanish: “Panzós”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Panzós”
  • Swedish: “Panzós”
  • Urdu: “پانسوس”

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