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Huehuetenango (department) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 15.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 091 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -91.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountainous region located in western portion of nation; bounded on the north and west by Mexico; traversed by Sierra los Cuchumatanes; drained by Selegua and Ixcán rivers; much of area is devoted to subsistence agriculture. |
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| Huehuetenango (preferred,C,V)
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| Huehuetenango, Departamento de (C,V)
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| Departamento de Huehuetenango (C,V,O)
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| Huehuetenango department (C,O)
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| GT08 (C,U,FIPS)
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| department (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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