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ID: 1016692
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016692
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Quezaltenango (inhabited place)  Quezaltenango (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 091 30 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -91.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Site of battle where Spanish & Amerindian allies from Mexico defeated Quiché Amerindians; destroyed by Santa María volcano in 1902; now nation's second largest city; industries include textile mills & breweries; has many Neoclassical buildings.

Names:
Quezaltenango (preferred,C,V)
Xelajú (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guatemala (nation)  ........  Guatemala (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Quetzaltenango (department)  ............  Quetzaltenango (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Quezaltenango (inhabited place)  ................  Quezaltenango (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  kingdom of ancient Quiché Amerindians
city (C)
department capital (C)
industrial center (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Quezaltenango..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 768
..........................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 856
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 161
Xelajú..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 856
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 768
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 856
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 161
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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