El Tejar
El Tejar is a municipality and town in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. As of 2018, the municipality has a population of 15,639.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 15,600 residents
- Description: municipality of Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
- Also known as: “El Tejar, Chimaltenango” and “Tejar”
- Neighbors: Chimaltenango
Places of Interest
Highlights include Los Aposentos.
Los Aposentos
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Los Aposentos is a small forested park area with a number of springs and two small lakes. It is located a few kilometers south of the city of Chimaltenango in Guatemala. Los Aposentos is situated 3 km southwest of El Tejar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chimaltenango and Sumpango.
Chimaltenango
Photo: 4chewnahdoe, CC BY 2.0.
Chimaltenango is a mid-size city of about 100,000 people in the Central Highlands region just west of Guatemala City.
Sumpango
Town
Photo: Jasonjdgr, Public domain.
Sumpango is a town, with a population of 28,488, and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. Sumpango is situated 6 km east of El Tejar.
San Andrés Itzapa
Town
San Andrés Itzapa is a town, with a population of 24,992, and a municipality of Chimaltenango, Guatemala. San Andrés Itzapa is in the eastern region of Chimaltenango, while the district capital lies to the north, Acatenango lies to the south, and Parramos lies to the east. San Andrés Itzapa is situated 6 km southwest of El Tejar.
El Tejar
- Categories: municipality of Guatemala and locality
- Location: Municipio de El Tejar, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.64742° or 14° 38′ 51″ northLongitude
-90.79099° or 90° 47′ 28″ westPopulation
15,600Elevation
1,766 metres (5,794 feet)United Nations Location Code
GT ELTOpen location code
766FJ6W5+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1039836977OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“El Tejar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “El Tejar”
- Cebuano: “Municipio de El Tejar”
- Chinese: “El Tejar”
- Chinese: “埃尔特哈尔”
- Chinese: “埃爾特哈爾”
- Dutch: “El Tejar”
- French: “El Tejar”
- Italian: “El Tejar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “El Tejar”
- Polish: “El Tejar”
- Portuguese: “El Tejar”
- Spanish: “El Tejar”
- Swedish: “El Tejar”
- Swedish: “Municipio de El Tejar”
- Urdu: “ایل تیخار، چیمالتینانگو”
- “El Tejar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque de El Tejar and Parque Central El Tejar.
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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 “El Tejar”. Photo: Ericwaltr, CC BY-SA 3.0.