Chimaltenango
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Chimaltenango is a small city of some 43,900 people as of 2002 and the capital of the department of Chimaltenango. It is some 35 miles west of Guatemala City, on the Pan-American Highway.
In Pre-Columbian times what is now the city of Chimaltenango was known as B'oko' . Like many other cities in the area, the Spanish Conquistadores used the name of their Nahuatl speaking allies from central Mexico.
The city produces textiles and pottery. Chimaltenango is also the home of the Rose Education Foundation.
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Images of Buildings on the Main Square, Chimaltenango
Government Castle
Cathedral
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