Guatemala
Western Highlands
Quetzaltenango Department

Quetzaltenango

Quetzaltenango, also known as Xela or Xelaju, is the second largest city in . There are a number of attractions in town, and it's also a good base for exploring Guatemala's Western Highlands.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mario Camposeco Stadium and Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple.

Stadium
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The is a football located in Quetzaltenango, . It is the home to Liga Nacional club Xelajú. It has a capacity of 11,220.

Church
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The is a temple of located in Quetzaltenango, . It is in the western part of the city, near the Parque Zoológico Minerva.

Aerodrome
Photo: QuetzaltecodeCorazon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Altos Airport, also known as , serves the city of Quetzaltenango, also known as "Xelajú" or "Xela," and western . It is operated and administered by Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil de Guatemala.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almolonga and Olintepeque.

Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a city in on the road between Ciudad de Quetzaltenango and . It provides medicinal sulfur baths, an up-close look at every day agro-business, and a taste of Guatemalan culture.

Town
is a town, with a population of 31,545, and a municipality in the of , not far from the city of Quetzaltenango.

Quetzaltenango

Latitude
14.8465° or 14° 50′ 47″ north
Longitude
-91.5194° or 91° 31′ 10″ west
Population
32,700
Elevation
2,351 metres (7,713 feet)
IATA airport code
AAZ
United Nations Location Code
GT AAZ
Open location code
766CRFWJ+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1073096792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3590979
Wiki­data ID
Q334577
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Quetzaltenango” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كويتزالتنانغو”
  • Armenian: “Կեցալտենանգո”
  • Basque: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Belarusian: “Кесальтэнанга”
  • Bengali: “কোয়েটজালতেনানগো”
  • Breton: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Bulgarian: “Кецалтенанго”
  • Catalan: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Quetzaltenango”
  • Cebuano: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Chinese: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Chinese: “克察爾特南戈”
  • Chinese: “克萨尔特南戈”
  • Chinese: “克薩爾特南戈”
  • Czech: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Danish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Dutch: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كويتزالتنانجو”
  • Esperanto: “Ketzaltenango”
  • Esperanto: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Esperanto: “Xela”
  • Esperanto: “Xelajú”
  • Finnish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Finnish: “Xela”
  • French: “Quetzaltenango”
  • French: “Quezaltenango”
  • Galician: “Quetzaltenango”
  • German: “Quetzaltenango”
  • German: “Quezaltenango”
  • Greek: “Κετζαλτενάνγκο”
  • Greek: “Κετσαλτενάγκο”
  • Greek: “Κετσαλτενάνγκο”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વેટ્ઝાલ્ટેનાંગો”
  • Hebrew: “קצאלטננגו”
  • Hindi: “क्वेट्ज़लात्कोनांगो (जेलो)”
  • Hungarian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Indonesian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Irish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Italian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Japanese: “ケツァルテナンゴ”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವೆಟ್ಜಾಲ್ಟ್ನಾಂಗೋ”
  • Korean: “케트살테낭고”
  • Ladino: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Latvian: “Kecaltenango”
  • Latvian: “Kesaltenango”
  • Lithuanian: “Kecaltenangas”
  • Macedonian: “Кецалтенанго”
  • Malay: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Maltese: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Marathi: “क्वेत्झाल्तेनांगो”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Moksha: “Кэсальтэнанга”
  • Moksha: “Кэсальтэнанго”
  • Northern Sami: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Norwegian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Persian: “کویتزالتنانگو”
  • Polish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Portuguese: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Portuguese: “Quezaltenango”
  • Portuguese: “Xela”
  • Portuguese: “Xelaju”
  • Portuguese: “Xelajú”
  • Romanian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Russian: “Кесальтенанго”
  • Russian: “Кецальтенанго”
  • Samogitian: “Kecaltenangs”
  • Scots: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Serbian: “Кецалтенанго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Silesian: “Quetzaltenango (mjasto)”
  • Silesian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Sinhala: “කියුට්ස්අල්ටෙනගෝ”
  • Slovak: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Slovenian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Slovenian: “Xela”
  • Slovenian: “Xelajú”
  • Spanish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Spanish: “Xela”
  • Spanish: “Xelaju”
  • Spanish: “Xelajú”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Quetzaltenango”
  • Swedish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Tamil: “குயெட்ஸ்அல்டெநங்கோ”
  • Tatar: “Кесальтенанго”
  • Telugu: “క్విట్సల్టన్యాంగో”
  • Thai: “เกตซัลเตนังโก”
  • Turkish: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Ukrainian: “Кесальтенанго”
  • Ukrainian: “Кесальтенанґо”
  • Urdu: “کویتزالتینانگو”
  • Urdu: “کویتسالتینانگو”
  • Venetian: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Vietnamese: “Quetzaltenango”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Quetzaltenango”
  • “Kecaltenangs”
  • “Quetzaltenānco”

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