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Chichicastenango is the cradle of the Maya spirituality and its name derives from the Náhuatl, that means: "Surrounded by Poison Ivy".
The majority of its population is Maya Quiché, with four more Maya languages spoken there as well.
The Chichicastenango market is the largest handicrafts and textiles market in all of Central America. The market days are Thursdays and Sundays, except on Easter week and Christmas Eve.
The sacred book of the Mayans, "Pop Wuj" was found there.
Information
| Region: | High plateau |
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| Location: | Quiché, Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, CHICHICASTENANGO,Cabecera municipal |
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| Distance to capital city: | 145 Kms. / 90 M. |
| Indications: | Chichicastenango is aproximately 3 hours from Guatemala City, and 2 1/2 hours from Antigua, via the Panamerican Highway. |
| Type of road: | Paved/Tarmacked road |
Weather
| Temperature |  overcast clouds | 58.08 °F | 14.49 °C | |||
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| Pressure | 1016 hPa | |||||
| Humidity | 77 % | |||||
| Wind speed | 3.42 mph - Calm | |||||
| Wind direction | 254 WSW - West-southwest | |||||
| Precipitation | no | |||||
Tomorrow | ||||||
| Wed 05-15 | 12:00 hrs. |  broken clouds | 70.32 °F | 21.29 °C | ||
Next days | ||||||
| Thu 05-16 | 12:00 hrs. |  scattered clouds | 69.85 °F | 21.03 °C | ||
| Fri 05-17 | 12:00 hrs. | overcast clouds | 68.7 °F | 20.39 °C | ||
| Sat 05-18 | 12:00 hrs. | overcast clouds | 62.2 °F | 16.78 °C | ||
| Sun 05-19 | 12:00 hrs. | broken clouds | 69.12 °F | 20.62 °C | ||
| Weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org | ||||||
