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Natalia Górriz
Natalia Górriz de Morales (Chimaltenango, 21 July 1868 - ?) was a Guatemalan teacher, pedagogue, and the founder of the :es:Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén, Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas (the Central Normal school, Normal Institute for Young Ladies) in 1888. In 1892, the government of General José María Reina Barrios promoted her to the post of Inspector General of Girls' Schools in Guatemala City. She wrote a book dedicated to Christopher Columbus in honor of that year's fourth centenary of his landing. Her teaching career was put on hold when she married Próspero Morales, in 1894, but after his death in 1898, she started teaching again. Biography Górriz de Morales graduated from :es:Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén, Instituto Belén in 1884 with a teacher diploma, and the next year she also obtained a high school diploma. Shortly after graduating she became principal of the only complementary school that existed in Guatemala City at ...
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Chimaltenango
Chimaltenango is a city in Guatemala with a population of 96,985 (2018 census).Citypopulation.de
Population of cities & towns in Guatemala It serves as both the capital of the department of Chimaltenango and the municipal seat for the surrounding of the same name. Chimaltenango stands some west of , on the


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