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Martha Bolaños de Prado: 1963: Johannes Marré: 1963 Edwin M. Shook [4] 1968: Augustus Ledyard Smith: 1975: J. Eric S. Thompson: 1976: Carmen Lind Pettersen [5] 1977 Augusto Pinochet: 1977 Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD 1978 Josefina Alonzo Martínez: 1980: Tatiana Proskouriakoff: 1980: Kjell Magne Bondevik: 1985: Lee Teng-hui [6] 1987: Richard von ...
In 1979, Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, Quetzal Route director since the beginning of the Ruta (as it's called by the routers), proposed to the king Juan Carlos I of Spain his idea to form a trip for teenagers from Spain, Latin America and other countries of Asia and Europe, one which would promote intercultural exchange between the youth of Spanish speaking countries, as well as youngsters from ...
Coins of the quetzal. In 1925, coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10 centavos, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 quetzal were introduced, although the majority of the 1 quetzal coins were withdrawn from circulation and melted. 1 ⁄ 2 and 2 centavo coins were added in 1932. Until 1965, coins of 5 centavos and above were minted in 72% silver.
Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, and is spoken by 93% of the population. [1] Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language.. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.
The quetzal plays a central role in Mesoamerican mythology and is associated with the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl. The word quetzal was originally used for just the resplendent quetzal , the long-tailed quetzal of Guatemala , (more specifically the area of Northern Guatemala known as the Petén) which is the national bird and the name of the ...
Tecun Uman [1] (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala.According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado while waging battle against the Spanish and their allies on the approach to Quetzaltenango on 12 February 1524.
The department takes its name from the city of Quetzaltenango, which serves as the departmental capital. [4] Although the original Kʼicheʼ inhabitants knew the city by the name Xelaju, the Nahuatl-speaking allies of the Spanish Conquistadors named it Quetzaltenango in their own language, meaning "land of the quetzal birds".
Qʼuqʼumatz (alternatively Qucumatz, Gukumatz, Gucumatz, Gugumatz, Kucumatz) translates literally as "quetzal serpent" although it is often rendered less accurately as "feathered serpent". [7] The name derives from the Kʼicheʼ word qʼuq , referring to the Resplendent quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno , a brightly coloured bird of the cloud ...