Chicabal
Chicabal Volcano is an extinct stratovolcano and protected area located in the municipality of San Martín Sacatepéquez, in the Quetzaltenango Department of Guatemala.Photo: Avalesco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,900 metres
- Description: Volcano
- Also known as: “Chicabal Volcano”, “Volcan Chiquibal”, and “Volcán Chiquibal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chicabal Lake.
Chicabal Lake
Lake
Photo: MarritzN, Public domain.
Chicabal Lake is a Guatemalan lake sacred to the Mam Mayan people. The lake is located in the municipal boundary of the town of San Martín Sacatepéquez in the department of Quetzaltenango.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Martín Sacatepéquez and Concepción Chiquirichapa.
San Martín Sacatepéquez
Town
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Martín Sacatepéquez is one of 24 municipalities in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. San Martín Sacatepéquez has a surface area of 100 square kilometres.
Concepción Chiquirichapa
Town
Concepción Chiquirichapa is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, 14 kilometers west of the departmental capital of Quetzaltenango, and 214 kilometers west of the capital Guatemala City. Concepción Chiquirichapa is situated 8 km northeast of Chicabal.
San Juan Ostuncalco
Town
Photo: Ekem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Juan Ostuncalco, is a town, with a population of 20,763, and a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Beside Spanish, local people speak the Mam language. San Juan Ostuncalco is situated 10 km north of Chicabal.
Chicabal
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.78841° or 14° 47′ 18″ northLongitude
-91.65601° or 91° 39′ 22″ westElevation
2,900 metres (9,514 feet)Open location code
766CQ8QV+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2687270940OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Chicabal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Chicabal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشيكابال”
- Belarusian: “Чыкабаль”
- Bengali: “চিকাবাল”
- Dutch: “Chicabal”
- French: “Chicabal”
- Japanese: “チカバル山”
- Ladin: “Chicabal”
- Macedonian: “Чикабал (вулкан)”
- Macedonian: “Чикабал”
- Polish: “Volcán Chicabal”
- Russian: “Чикабаль”
- Spanish: “Volcan de Chicabal”
- Spanish: “Volcán de Chicabal”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Las Nubes I and Las Nubes II.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirador Laguna Chikabal and Zona de Veda Definitiva Volcán Chicabal.
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