Almolonga
Almolonga is a city in Guatemala on the road between Ciudad de Quetzaltenango and Zunil. It provides medicinal sulfur baths, an up-close look at every day agro-business, and a taste of Guatemalan culture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Town with 11,100 residents
- Description: municipality of Quetzaltenango Department, Gutaemala
- Also known as: “Almolonga, Quetzaltenango”
- Neighbors: Cantel, Quetzaltenango, and Zunil
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zunil and Cantel.
Zunil
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zunil is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of 80 square kilometres. The town of Zunil is located 9 kilometres from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salamá River.
Cantel
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cantel is a village in Guatemala, 10 km from the major city of Quetzaltenango. It is inhabited by K'iche' Maya. Just like going to its neighboring village Zunil, take a bus from either Minerva bus terminal or Rotonda bus stop in Quetzaltenango, or from the corner of 7 calle and 15 avenida in Zona 3.
Quetzaltenango
Photo: Chrishonduras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quetzaltenango, also known as Xela or Xelaju, is the second largest city in Guatemala. There are a number of attractions in town, and it's also a good base for exploring Guatemala's Western Highlands.
Almolonga
- Categories: municipality of Guatemala and locality
- Location: Quetzaltenango Department, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.815° or 14° 48′ 54″ northLongitude
-91.4947° or 91° 29′ 41″ westPopulation
11,100Elevation
2,261 metres (7,418 feet)Open location code
766CRG74+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1425350426OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3599793Wikidata ID
Q284830
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Almolonga” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Almolonga”
- Cebuano: “Municipio de Almolonga”
- Chinese: “Almolonga”
- Chinese: “阿尔莫隆加”
- Chinese: “阿爾莫隆加”
- Dutch: “Almolonga”
- French: “Almolonga”
- Italian: “Almolonga”
- Lithuanian: “Almolonga”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Almolonga”
- Persian: “المولانگا، کتسالتنانگو”
- Persian: “المولانگا، کوئتزالتنانگو”
- Polish: “Almolonga”
- Spanish: “Almolonga Quetzaltenango”
- Spanish: “Almolonga”
- Swedish: “Almolonga”
- Swedish: “Municipio de Almolonga”
- Urdu: “المولونگا، کویتسالتینانگو”
- “Ālmolōncān”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Almolonga”. Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.