Mesillas Altas

Mesillas Altas is a neighborhood in Municipio de Amatitlán, Guatemala Department and has an elevation of 1,701 metres. Mesillas Altas is situated nearby to the neighborhood Aldea Mesillas Bajas, as well as near Manuelón.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pacaya Volcano and Lake Ipala.

Pacaya Volcano

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Pacaya Volcano is in Central Highlands region of Guatemala. Pacaya is an active volcano that showed spectacular eruptions for several years. There is still some volcanic activity but there is no hot lava to be seen anymore.

Lake Ipala

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Laguna de Calderas is a crater lake in the municipality of Amatitlán, Guatemala, Guatemala. It is located approximately 6 km south of Lake Amatitlán and 3 km north of the currently active vent of the Pacaya volcano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amatitlán and Villa Canales.

Amatitlán

Town

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Amatitlán is a town, with a population of 98,176, and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. Amatitlán is situated 9 km northwest of Mesillas Altas.

Villa Canales

Town

Villa Canales is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala, situated 22 km south of the capital Guatemala City. As of the 2018 census, the city had a population of 124,680, making it the eleventh largest city in Guatemala. Villa Canales is situated 10 km northeast of Mesillas Altas.

Mesillas Altas

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Caserio Mesillas Altas”
Category: locality
Location: Municipio de Amatitlán, Guatemala Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude

14.40759° or 14° 24′ 27″ north

Longitude

-90.57648° or 90° 34′ 35″ west

Elevation

1,701 metres (5,581 feet)

Open location code

766FCC5F+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6936434160

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

3592573

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In Other Languages

“Mesillas Altas” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Mesillas Altas”

Localities in the Area

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