The Río Nahualate () is a river in southwest Guatemala
Sierra Madre
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range, in the vicinity of
Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán and
Nahualá
Nahualá () is a Municipalities of Guatemala, municipality in the Sololá Department, Sololá department of Guatemala. The town is sometimes known as Santa Catalina Nahualá in honor of the town's patron saint, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, but ...
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Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality. It is located close to Lake Atitlan.
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). From there it flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of
Suchitepéquez and
Escuintla
Escuintla () is an industrial city in Guatemala, its land extension is 4384 km², and it is nationally known for its sugar agribusiness. Its capital is a minicipality with the same name. Citizens celebrate from December 6 to 9 with a small fair i ...
to the
Pacific Ocean
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.
The Nahualate river basin covers a territory of .
References
Rivers of Guatemala
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