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Chimaltenango (department) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 14 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 14.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -90.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Elevated regions are inhabited by Mayas who grow corn, beans, and wheat; lowlands are divided into private estates that produce coffee, sugar, hogs, and cattle; linked to nation's capital by Pan-American Highway; suffered severe damage in earthquake of 1976. |
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| Chimaltenango (preferred,C,V)
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| Chimaltenango, Departamento de (C,V)
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| Departamento de Chimaltenango (C,V,O)
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| Chimaltenango department (C,O)
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| GT03 (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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