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The town of Panajachel is located on the Northeast shore of Lake Atitlán, and has become a centre for the tourist trade of the area as it provides a base for visitors crossing the lake to visit other towns and villages. "Panajachel" derives from the Kaqchikel language and roughly translates to "place of the Matasanos," the white sapote fruit tree.
In 1892, British archeologist Alfred Percival Maudslay and his wife Anne Maudslay visited Guatemala and traveled throughout it on mules, arriving to San Antonio Palopó on their way through Sololá; Anne Maudslay's impressions were recorded in her book A glimpse at Guatemala where tells how, in order to reach Panajachel coming from ...
Several towns in Guatemala have similar cults, most notably the cult of San Simón in Zunil. View from Hotel Atitlán near Panajachel While Maya culture is predominant in most lakeside communities, Panajachel has been overwhelmed over the years by Guatemalan and foreign tourists.
Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá . Lake Atitlan is a key feature surrounded by a number of the municipalities.
Panajachel: 22 16 101 731.86 4 San Andrés Semetabaj: 48 14 681 305.85 5 San Antonio Palopó: 34 15 752 463.29 6 San José Chacayá: 44 5 220 118.64 7 San Juan La Laguna: 38 13 400 350.97 8 San Lucas Tolimán: 116 31 805 274.18 9 San Marcos La Laguna: 12 2 944 245.33 10 San Pablo La Laguna: 12 8 004 667 11 San Pedro La Laguna: 24 11 828 492.83 12
San Juan La Laguna (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan la laˈɣuna]) is a municipality on the southwest shore of Lago de Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala. It consists of the village named San Juan La Laguna and three smaller aldeas (small villages) in the nearby mountain. The population is approximately 95% Tz'utujil. Agriculture is most ...
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