Huehuetenango

Huehuetenango is a city in the of . The last big city in Guatemala before you reach the Mexican border, or the first major settlement when arriving from.
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  • Type: City with 21,900 residents
  • Description: municipality and capital of Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Xinabahul”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Los Cuchumatanes and Zaculeu.

Pitch
is a football located in Huehuetenango, . It was home to Liga Nacional club Xinabajul. Its capacity is around 5,340. The stadium opened its doors on January 17, 2007.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Saqulew is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the , about 3.7 kilometres outside the modern city of Huehuetenango.

Huehuetenango

Latitude
15.3184° or 15° 19′ 6″ north
Longitude
-91.4723° or 91° 28′ 20″ west
Population
21,900
Elevation
2,135 metres (7,005 feet)
Open location code
767C8G9H+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5439050511
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3595414
Wiki­data ID
Q984863
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Satellite Map

Discover Huehuetenango from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Huehuetenango” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هویهويتينانغو”
  • Arabic: “هویهويتينانكو”
  • Asturian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Basque: “Huehuetenango”
  • Bulgarian: “Уеуетенанго”
  • Catalan: “Huehuetenango”
  • Cebuano: “Huehuetenango”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Huehuetenango”
  • Chinese: “Huehuetenango”
  • Chinese: “韋韋特南戈”
  • Chinese: “韦韦特南戈”
  • Czech: “Huehuetenango”
  • Danish: “Huehuetenango”
  • Dutch: “Huehuetenango”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هویهويتينانكو”
  • Finnish: “Huehuetenango”
  • French: “Huehuetenango”
  • Galician: “Huehuetenango”
  • German: “Huehuetenango”
  • Hebrew: “ווטננגו”
  • Indonesian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Indonesian: “Xinabahul”
  • Italian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Japanese: “ウェウェテナンゴ”
  • Korean: “우에우에테낭고”
  • Lithuanian: “Huehuetenangas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ueuetenangas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Huehuetenango”
  • Northern Sami: “Huehuetenango”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huehuetenango”
  • Norwegian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Persian: “هوو هوتنگانو”
  • Polish: “Huehuetenango”
  • Portuguese: “Huehuetenango”
  • Russian: “Уэуэтенанго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Silesian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Slovenian: “Huehuetenango”
  • Spanish: “Huehuetenango”
  • Swedish: “Huehuetenango”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Huehuetenango”
  • Thai: “เวเวเตนังโก”
  • Ukrainian: “Уеуетенанго”
  • Urdu: “ہویہویتینانگو”
  • “Āhuēhuētenānco”

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