Central Highlands
Guatemala Department
Guatemala City

Kaminaljuyu

Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in Guatemala City. Primarily occupied from 1500 BC to 1200 AD, it has been described as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the New World—although the extant remains are distinctly unimpressive.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tikal Futura and Museo Miraflores.

Shopping center
The , formally Gran Torres Sol y Luna is a modern shopping and business complex and hotel in , . is situated 1¼ km southwest of Kaminaljuyu.

Museum
Photo: adels, CC BY 2.0.
The is an archaeological museum in , dedicated to the display of artefacts from the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu. The museum is open from Tuesday through to Sunday. is situated 1½ km southwest of Kaminaljuyu.

Museum
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , officially Museo del Ferrocarril FEGUA, is located in the main railway station in , . The museum has a collection of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and other rolling stock and items connected with the railway. is situated 4 km east of Kaminaljuyu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciudad Cayalá.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a quarter, which is situated 7 km east of Kaminaljuyu.

Kaminaljuyu

Latitude
14.63153° or 14° 37′ 54″ north
Longitude
-90.54852° or 90° 32′ 55″ west
Elevation
1,537 metres (5,043 feet)
Open location code
766FJFJ2+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 325466184
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
3595058
Wiki­data ID
Q1081581
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Kaminaljuyu” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Камінальхую”
  • Catalan: “Kaminaljuyú”
  • Cebuano: “Kaminaljuyú”
  • Chinese: “卡米纳尔胡尤”
  • Chinese: “迦迷難乎酉”
  • Danish: “Kaminaljuyu”
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  • Hebrew: “קמינלג’ויו”
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  • Japanese: “カミナルフユ”
  • Japanese: “カミナルフュー”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaminalchuju”
  • Polish: “Kaminaljuyú”
  • Portuguese: “Kaminal juyú”
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  • Russian: “Каминалхуйу”
  • Russian: “Каминальхуйу”
  • Russian: “Каминальхую”
  • Spanish: “Kaminal Juiu”
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  • Swedish: “Kaminaljuyú”
  • Ukrainian: “Камінальхую”
  • “Kaminaljuyú”

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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 “Kaminaljuyu”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.