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ID: 1016661
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016661
Record Type:
administrative
Huehuetenango (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 15 19 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 15.3167
decimal degrees
Long: 091 26 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -91.4333
decimal degrees
Note:
Name means "Place of the Ancients" & nearby is Mayan site of Zaculeu; trade items include pottery, leathergoods & textiles; lead, copper & silver mined in area; processing center for corn, beans & potatoes; close to Pan-American Highway.
Names:
Huehuetenango
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,
C
,
V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
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P
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Guatemala
(nation) (
P
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Huehuetenango
(department) (
P
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Huehuetenango
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Huehuetenango..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 120
..........................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
86
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 120
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
86
Note:
English
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VP
]
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