Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, also known as Xela or Xelaju, is the second largest city in Guatemala. There are a number of attractions in town, and it's also a good base for exploring Guatemala's Western Highlands.Photo: Bruno Rijsman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Chrishonduras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Estadio Mario Camposeco
Photo: Derstxmc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Estadio Mario Camposeco is a football stadium located in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
Quetzaltenango Airport
Photo: QuetzaltecodeCorazon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Altos Airport, also known as Quetzaltenango Airport, serves the city of Quetzaltenango, also known as "Xelajú" or "Xela," and western Guatemala.
Localities in the Area
Almolonga
Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Almolonga is a city in Guatemala on the road between Ciudad de Quetzaltenango and Zunil.
Olintepeque
Olintepeque is a town, with a population of 31,545, and a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala, not far from the city of Quetzaltenango.Quetzaltenango
- Categories: big city, municipality of Guatemala and locality
- Location: Quetzaltenango Department, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.8465° or 14° 50' 47" northLongitude
-91.5194° or 91° 31' 10" westPopulation
181,000Elevation
2,344 metres (7,690 feet)IATA airport code
AAZUnited Nations Location Code
GT AAZOpen Location Code
766CRFWJ+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1073096792OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3590979Wikidata ID
Q334577Quetzaltenango Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Quetzaltenango
- Arabic: كويتزالتنانغو
- Basque: Quetzaltenango
- Belarusian: Кесальтэнанга
- Bengali: কোয়েটজালতেনানগো
- Breton: Quetzaltenango
- Bulgarian: Кецалтенанго
- Catalan: Quetzaltenango
- Cebuano: Municipio de Quetzaltenango
- Cebuano: Quetzaltenango
- Chinese: Quetzaltenango
- Chinese: 克察爾特南戈
- Chinese: 克萨尔特南戈
- Chinese: 克薩爾特南戈
- Czech: Quetzaltenango
- Danish: Quetzaltenango
- Dutch: Quetzaltenango
- Egyptian Arabic: كويتزالتنانجو
- English: Xela
- English: Xelaju
- English: Xelajú
- Esperanto: Ketzaltenango
- Esperanto: Quetzaltenango
- Esperanto: Xela
- Esperanto: Xelajú
- Finnish: Quetzaltenango
- Finnish: Xela
- French: Quetzaltenango
- French: Quezaltenango
- German: Quetzaltenango
- German: Quezaltenango
- Greek: Κετζαλτενάνγκο
- Greek: Κετσαλτενάγκο
- Greek: Κετσαλτενάνγκο
- Gujarati: ક્વેટ્ઝાલ્ટેનાંગો
- Hebrew: קצאלטננגו
- Hindi: क्वेट्ज़लात्कोनांगो (जेलो)
- Hungarian: Quetzaltenango
- Indonesian: Quetzaltenango
- Irish: Quetzaltenango
- Italian: Quetzaltenango
- Japanese: ケツァルテナンゴ
- Kannada: ಕ್ವೆಟ್ಜಾಲ್ಟ್ನಾಂಗೋ
- Korean: 케트살테낭고
- Ladino: Quetzaltenango
- Latvian: Kecaltenango
- Latvian: Kesaltenango
- Lithuanian: Kecaltenangas
- Macedonian: Кецалтенанго
- Malay: Quetzaltenango
- Maltese: Quetzaltenango
- Marathi: क्वेत्झाल्तेनांगो
- Min Nan Chinese: Quetzaltenango
- Moksha: Кэсальтэнанго
- Northern Sami: Quetzaltenango
- Norwegian: Quetzaltenango
- Norwegian Bokmål: Quetzaltenango
- Persian: کویتزالتنانگو
- Polish: Quetzaltenango
- Portuguese: Quetzaltenango
- Portuguese: Quezaltenango
- Portuguese: Xela
- Portuguese: Xelaju
- Portuguese: Xelajú
- Romanian: Quetzaltenango
- Russian: Кесальтенанго
- Russian: Кецальтенанго
- Scots: Quetzaltenango
- Serbian: Кецалтенанго
- Serbo-Croatian: Quetzaltenango
- Silesian: Quetzaltenango (mjasto)
- Silesian: Quetzaltenango
- Sinhala: කියුට්ස්අල්ටෙනගෝ
- Slovak: Quetzaltenango
- Spanish: Quetzaltenango
- Spanish: Quezaltenango
- Spanish: Xela
- Spanish: Xelaju
- Spanish: Xelajú
- Swedish: Municipio de Quetzaltenango
- Swedish: Quetzaltenango
- Tamil: குயெட்ஸ்அல்டெநங்கோ
- Tatar: Кесальтенанго
- Telugu: క్విట్సల్టన్యాంగో
- Thai: เกตซัลเตนังโก
- Turkish: Quetzaltenango
- Ukrainian: Кесальтенанго
- Ukrainian: Кесальтенанґо
- Urdu: کویتزالتینانگو
- Urdu: کویتسالتینانگو
- Venetian: Quetzaltenango
- Vietnamese: Quetzaltenango
- Waray (Philippines): Quetzaltenango
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Quetzaltenango. Photo: Chrishonduras, CC BY-SA 3.0.