Laj Chimel
Laj Chimel or Chimel is a community located in the cloud forest of the municipality of San Miguel Uspantán, Department of El Quiché, Guatemala. It is the birthplace of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.- Farm
- …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,510 feet)
- …is also known as “Chimelb”
- Description: small town in Guatemala
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Latitude
15.57211° or 15° 34′ 20″ north
Longitude
-90.03249° or 90° 1′ 57″ west
Open location code
767FHXC9+R2
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Laj Chimel” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լա Չիմել”
- Belarusian: “Чымель”
- Bulgarian: “Чимел”
- Czech: “Laj Chimel”
- Danish: “Laj Chimel”
- Dutch: “Laj Chimel”
- French: “Chimel”
- Galician: “Laj Chimel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Laj Chimel”
- Russian: “Ла-Чимель”
- Spanish: “Finca Chimelb”
- Welsh: “Laj Chimel”
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