Samabaj

Samabaj is a hamlet in Sololá Department, Guatemala and has an elevation of 1,006 metres. Samabaj is situated nearby to the hamlet Pasac, as well as near the village Palacal.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chocolá.

Chocolá

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Chocolá is a Preclassic Southern Maya site whose developmental emphasis was from c. 1000 BC to AD 200. The site lies within the Southern Maya area. Chocolá is in the San Pablo Jocopilas municipality in the southern Suchitepéquez Department of Guatemala. Chocolá is situated 4 km southeast of Samabaj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pablo Jocopilas and Santo Tomás La Unión.

San Pablo Jocopilas

Village

Photo: Jmsolval, CC BY-SA 3.0.

San Pablo Jocopilas is a town, with a population of 16,872, and a municipality east-northeast of Samayac and west of highway CA 2 in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala, located 8 km from Mazatenango, which is the department's capital. San Pablo Jocopilas is situated 5 km southeast of Samabaj.

Santo Tomás La Unión

Town

Santo Tomás La Unión is a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. Santo Tomás La Unión is situated 5 km east of Samabaj.

Samayac

Town

Samayac is a town and municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It lies at an elevation of 615 metres above sea level and covers an area of 24.3 km². Samayac is situated 6 km south of Samabaj.

Samabaj

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Sololá Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude

14.63415° or 14° 38′ 3″ north

Longitude

-91.45859° or 91° 27′ 31″ west

Elevation

1,006 metres (3,301 feet)

Open location code

766CJGMR+MH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11922483138

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12019057

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In Other Languages

“Samabaj” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Samabaj”
Spanish: “Tzamabaj”

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