Sololá
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Sololá is a city in Guatemala
. It is the capital of the department
of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality
.
The name is a hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one spelling variant of which is T'zolojy'a. The urban center has about 14,000 people, but the municipality also includes four village communities--Los Encuentros, El Tablón, San Jorge la Laguna, and Argueta--as well as 59 smaller rural communities.
Sololá is situated at 2.114 m
on a mountainside overlooking Lake Atitlán, some 600 meters below. It is a highland market center and is the headquarters for the Catholic Bishopric
encompassing the Sololá and Chimaltenango Departments.
Almost all residents of Sololá are Kaqchikel Maya, except in Argueta, where most are K'iche' Maya. A large percentage of both men and women continue to wear traditional Mayan clothing.
Sololá is home to many international organizations including Manna Project International, Friendship Bridge and Love Futbol.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. It is the capital of the department
Departments of Guatemala
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of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
.
The name is a hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one spelling variant of which is T'zolojy'a. The urban center has about 14,000 people, but the municipality also includes four village communities--Los Encuentros, El Tablón, San Jorge la Laguna, and Argueta--as well as 59 smaller rural communities.
Sololá is situated at 2.114 m
M
M is the thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu . Semitic Mem probably originally pictured water...
on a mountainside overlooking Lake Atitlán, some 600 meters below. It is a highland market center and is the headquarters for the Catholic Bishopric
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
encompassing the Sololá and Chimaltenango Departments.
Almost all residents of Sololá are Kaqchikel Maya, except in Argueta, where most are K'iche' Maya. A large percentage of both men and women continue to wear traditional Mayan clothing.
Sololá is home to many international organizations including Manna Project International, Friendship Bridge and Love Futbol.