Municipio de Chinique
Chinique, from the Kʼicheʼ language «chinic´aj taka´aj», is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. In 1892 Alfred Maudslay and his wife Anne reported that the place was a small group of houses made from adobe with thatched roofs.Municipio de Chinique
- …has 8,010 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 2,142 metres (7,028 feet)
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Latitude
15.0695° or 15° 4′ 10″ north
Longitude
-91.018° or 91° 1′ 5″ west
Open location code
767C3X9J+QQ
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In Other Languages
“Municipio de Chinique” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Chinique”
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