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QUEZALTENANGO

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 747 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUEZALTENANGO , the See also:

capital of the See also:department of Quezaltenango, See also:Guatemala, 7o m. by road W. of Guatemala See also:city and at the See also:terminus of a railway from Champerico on the Pacific See also:coast. Pop. (1905) about 31,000. It is situated on the See also:river Siguila, and at the See also:foot of the See also:volcano of See also:Santa Maria. In See also:size the second city in the See also:republic, it has a large agricultural See also:trade and manufactures of See also:linen, woollen and See also:cotton goods. It contains a See also:fine See also:cathedral and some See also:good public buildings, including two See also:national institutes for higher See also:education; and it is well supplied with See also:water and See also:electricity for See also:light and See also:power. The See also:majority of its inhabitants are See also:Indians or See also:half-breeds of See also:Quiche descent. Quezaltenango was the capital of a Quiche See also:kingdom, and was known as Xelahuh or Xelahue until 1524, when it was conquered by the Spaniards under Pedro de See also:Alvarado. In 1902 it was partially destroyed by an See also:earthquake and an eruption of Santa Maria.

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