Zunil () is a town and
municipality in the
Quetzaltenango department of
Guatemala
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with a surface area of .
[Zunil at Inforpressca](_blank)
The town of Zunil is located from the city of
Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the
Salamá River.
[Cattelan 2004, p.36.] Zunil has an altitude of approximately
above mean sea level.
The population of the municipality is about 14,000, 100% indigenous. The inhabitants speak
K'iche' and
Spanish.
There are thermal baths with volcanic water around the town, for example
Fuentes Georginas Fuentes (meaning "fountains" or "sources" in Spanish) may refer to:
People
* Fuentes (surname)
Places
* Fort Fuentes, a military fort near Colico, province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy
*Fuentes (Cuenca), a municipality in the province of Cuenca, Cast ...
and
Almolonga
The Almolonga volcano, also called "Cerro Quemado" (Burned Mountain) or "La Muela" (The Molar) due to its distinct shape, is an andesitic stratovolcano in the south-western department of Quetzaltenango in Guatemala. The volcano is located near ...
.
Religion
Zunil possesses active worship of ''San Simón'' (also known as
Maximón), a life-sized mannequin representing a
Maya god, sitting in a wooden throne, which is moved to a different house every year, and many people visit and leave gifts at his shrine.
Namesakes
A crater on
Mars, which may be the source of
Mars meteorite
A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on Earth as a meteorite. , 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percen ...
s, is named after the village.
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Gallery
File:indoor market zunil guatemala.JPG, Indoor market
File:Zunil_church.JPG, Church in Zunil
File:Zunil panorama.JPG, Panorama of Zunil
Image:Zunil buses.JPG, Buses in Zunil
Notes
References
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External links
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Zunil at Inforpressca
Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department
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