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Santo Tomas Church

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Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Santo Tomas Church
Phone:
+502 5659 3992

Hours:
Sunday6am - 6pm
Monday6am - 6pm
Tuesday6am - 6pm
Wednesday6am - 6pm
Thursday6am - 6pm
Friday6am - 6pm
Saturday6am - 6pm


Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, and is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located in a mountainous region about 140 km northwest of Guatemala City, at an altitude of 1,965 m . The Spanish conquistadors gave the town its name from the Nahuatl name used by their soldiers from Tlaxcala: Tzitzicaztenanco, or City of Nettles. Its original name was Chaviar. Chichicastenango is a K'iche' Maya cultural centre. According to the 2012 census, 98.5% of the municipality's population is indigenous Mayan K'iche. 21% of the population speak only K'iche, 71% speak both K'iche and Spanish, and the remaining 8% speak only Spanish.
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