Chichicastenango

Chichicastenango is a small town in the of . Located at an altitude of 2030m, it is surrounded by valleys and mountains. It is mostly renowned for its colourful markets, held on Thursdays and Sundays, where it is said that some of the most beautiful traditional Mayal textiles are sold.
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Latitude
14.9429° or 14° 56′ 34″ north
Longitude
-91.1117° or 91° 6′ 42″ west
UN/LOCODE
GT CCO
Open location code
766CWVVQ+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1073096599
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3598655
Wiki­data ID
Q603423

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Urdu—“Chichicastenango” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Chichicastenango”
  • Bulgarian: “Чичикастенанго”
  • Catalan: “Chichicastenango”
  • Cebuano: “Chichicastenango”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Santo Tomas Chichicastenango”
  • Chinese: “奇奇卡斯特南戈”
  • Czech: “Chichicastenango”
  • Dutch: “Chichicastenango”
  • Esperanto: “Chichicastenango”
  • Finnish: “Chichicastenango”
  • French: “Chichicastenango”
  • German: “Chichicastenango”
  • Hebrew: “צ’יצ’יקסטננגו”
  • Italian: “Santo Tomás Chichicastenango”
  • Japanese: “チチカステナンゴ”
  • Korean: “치치카스테낭고”
  • Lithuanian: “Čičikastenangas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chichicastenango”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chichicastenango”
  • Norwegian: “Chichicastenango”
  • Polish: “Chichicastenango”
  • Portuguese: “Chichicastenango”
  • Russian: “Чичикастенанго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chichicastenango”
  • Slovenian: “Chichicastenango”
  • Spanish: “Chichicastenango”
  • Spanish: “Santo Tomás Chichicastenango”
  • Swedish: “Chichicastenango”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Santo Tomas Chichicastenango”
  • Ukrainian: “Чичикастенанго”
  • Urdu: “چیچیکاستینانگو”

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