Plan de Sánchez
Plan de Sánchez is a small village in the municipality of Rabinal, Baja Verapaz department, Guatemala. On July 18, 1982, while General Efraín Ríos Montt was President of Guatemala, a massacre was committed there by government forces during which over 200 people were killed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Plan de Sánchez
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Plan de Sanchez”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipio de Rabinal, Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
15.03351° or 15° 2′ 1″ northLongitude
-90.52718° or 90° 31′ 38″ westElevation
1,865 metres (6,119 feet)Open location code
767F2FMF+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 7898997919OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Plan de Sánchez” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Plan de Sánchez”
- Spanish: “Plan de Sánchez”
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