Chimaltenango is a town in Guatemala

Guatemala

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 of some 43,900 people (as of 2002). It serves as both the capital of the department

Departments of Guatemala

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 of Chimaltenango

Chimaltenango (department)

Chimaltenango is a department of Guatemala. The capital is Chimaltenango. Located to the east are the departments of Guatemala, home to Guatemala City, and Sacatepéquez, while also bordered by the departments of El Quiché and Baja Verapaz to the north, Escuintla and Suchitepéquez to the south, and...

 and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality

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 of the same name.
Chimaltenango stands some 35 miles west of Guatemala City

Guatemala City

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, on the Pan-American Highway

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.

In Pre-Columbian

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 times what is now the city of Chimaltenango was known as B'oko' . Like many other cities in the area, the Spanish

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 Conquistador

Conquistador

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es used the name given by their Nahuatl

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 speaking allies from central Mexico

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. The Nahuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 name was Chimaltenanco, or Shield-Town.

The city produces textile

Textile

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s and pottery

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. It is also the home of the Rose Education Foundation

Rose Education Foundation

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, a non-profit organization working to make educational opportunities available to children living in rural areas in Guatemala.

Sports

América de Chimaltenango

América de Chimaltenango

Club América de Chimaltenango, is a Guatemalan football club based in Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Municipal de Chimaltenango.-History:...

 football club has played the 2009/2010 season in Guatemala's second division

Primera División de Ascenso

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. They play their home games in the Estadio Municipal de Chimaltenango.

External links

1. CHIMALTENANGO from Guatemala.
   • Monografia del municipio de Chimaltenango, Dirección Departamental de Educación de Chimaltenango