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	Chiquimula - Travel to Guatemala - Viaje a Guatemala
		Chiquimula is the cradle of the ch´ortí culture and takes pride in its possession of the traditions strongly rooted in the myths and legends of the country.
		With the establishment of the colonial regime the territory of Chiquimula de la Sierra was formed, which included the totality of the present-day departments of Zacapa and Chiquimula, as well as the largest part of the present-day departments of El Progreso, Jalapa and Jutiapa.
		Chiquimula has a great number of attractions, but the seven of greatest tradition are Volcán and Laguna de Ipala, Volcán Quezaltepeque, Poza de la Pila, the spa on the Río Jocotán, La Piedra de los Compadres, Cerro de Montecristo and Ruta Histórica del Peregrino.
	www.viajeaguatemala.com /english/Chiquimula/10510163112427.htm (1069 words)

	Department
		The department is divided in 19 districts: Areguá Capiatá Fernan...
		Guatemala Department Guatemala is a department in Guatemala.
		The department is divided in 6 provinces: Aniceto Arce Burnet O'Conn...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/department.html (3094 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jalapa, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is the capital of the department of Jalapa.
		Jalapa is a department of Guatemala, in the south east of the republic.
		The department of Jalapa produces corn anf beasn which are the main diet of guatemalans, but also produces fruits as peaches, apples, flberries, bananas, avocados and vegetables as cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, coliflower among other products, most of them are exported to El Salvador.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jalapa,-Guatemala (277 words)

	Viaje a Guatemala - Prensa Libre (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chiquimula is the cradle of the ch´ortí culture and takes pride in its possession of the traditions strongly rooted in the myths and legends of the country.
		With the establishment of the colonial regime the territory of Chiquimula de la Sierra was formed, which included the totality of the present-day departments of Zacapa and Chiquimula, as well as the largest part of the present-day departments of El Progreso, Jalapa and Jutiapa.
		Chiquimula has a great number of attractions, but the seven of greatest tradition are Volcán and Laguna de Ipala, Volcán Quezaltepeque, Poza de la Pila, the spa on the Río Jocotán, La Piedra de los Compadres, Cerro de Montecristo and Ruta Histórica del Peregrino.
	www.prensalibre.com /suplementos/RYS/vgt/english/comm/chiquimula.htm (1073 words)

	Chiquimula - MSN Encarta
		Chiquimula, capital city of the department of Chiquimula, southeastern Guatemala, located 106 km (66 mi) east of Guatemala City.
		Chiquimula lies 379 m (1243 ft) above sea level and has a warm climate.
		It is a market town for a region noted for its livestock and agricultural products.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762508184/Chiquimula.html (81 words)

	ISO 3166-2:GT . Escuintla Department . Alta Verapaz . Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala . Guatemala Department . El ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alta Verapaz is a department in the north central part of Guatemala.
		The capital and chief city of the department is Cobán.
		Quiché department is in the heartland of the Quiché people, to the north-west of Guatemala City.
	www.uk.knowledge-info.org /ISO_3166-2:GT-UK-3171331-rz (479 words)

	Santa Ana Department -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Santa Ana is a (A specialized division of a large organization) department of (A republic on the Pacific coast of Central America) El Salvador in the northwest of the country.
		This department was created on February 8, 1855.
		It has the Tazumal Archelogical Ruins, southwest of Chalchuapa as well as the department has been the cultural focus of the Maya-Quiche tribes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sa/Santa_Ana_Department.htm (91 words)

	EFCSW : New Church Development - Latin Church (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Latin Department of Friends is a group of pastors and leaders from the different churches where the Word of God is ministered in Spanish in the southwest region.
		Amilcar Sosa was born and raised in Chiquimula, Guatemala.
		He graduated as a teacher from INVO in Chiquimula, a pastor from Berea Bible Institute (currently known as Berea Theological Seminary) and a journalist from the University of Francisco Marroqu’n in Guatemala city.
	www.efcsw.org /developing_3.html (246 words)

	Guatemala
		MEDICAL INSURANCE: The Department of State strongly urges Americans to consult with their medical insurance company prior to traveling abroad to confirm whether their policy applies overseas and whether it will cover emergency expenses such as a medical evacuation.
		Guatemala's road safety authorities are the Department of Transit and the Joint Operations Center of the National Police.
		Drivers use the right-hand side of the road in Guatemala, and speed limits are posted (in kilometers) depending on the condition of the road.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1129.html (4777 words)

	Guatemala Country Guide - Resorts & Excursions - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing
		Encompassing parts of the El Progreso, Zacapa, Jalapa, Chiquimula, Santa Rosa and Jutiapa departments, this is one of the most varied regions in the country — both geographically and culturally.
		CHIQUIMULA & JALAPA DEPARTMENTS: The town of Esquipulas in the Chiquimula Department is one of the most significant in Central America.
		SANTA ROSA DEPARTMENT: Located near Pueblo Nuevo Viñas and surrounded by mountains and forests is sulphurous Lake Ixpaco, which is the site of many springs that are believed to have healing properties.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/gtm/gtm180.asp?RegionsMenu=Down (410 words)

	Inmigration Office of Guatemala,INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENTS SUBBUREAU (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to article 54 of Law of Migration of Guatemala, in case of robbery, larceny, loss, damage or destruction of the passport, the bearer should notify immediately to Immigration Services or to the closest Consulate; in order that the passport be annulled as a valid document at the respective registry.
		Department of Justice submits the report for knowledge of the Judge of Criminal First Instance that resolves the case and pronounces judgment.
		All documents that the Department of Passports Issue sends and the ones the user of the service presents are submitted to Legal Department of Immigration Services for analysis and resolution.
	www.migracion.gob.gt /ingles/serv/subidi02.html (1296 words)

	Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly)
		Twenty four insects were collected in a chicken coop in Las Palmas, Olopa, department of Chiquimula; 13 were the first generation from a laboratory culture, with domiciliary parents collected in San Cristobal, Villa Canales, department of Guatemala.
		The remaining 10 bugs were collected in the department of Quiche, one of them was found in a cave (municipality of Sacapulas) and the rest are from a chicken coop (municipality of Canilla).
		This is the first report of the presence of this species in the departments of Huehuetenango, Jutiapa, Quiche and Santa Rosa.
	www.bioline.org.br /request?oc03036 (3310 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Brewer served as an Instructor in the Department of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
		Gray was an Adjunct Instructor at the Candler School of Theology and an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Biblical Literature.
		Nikaido was an Instructor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
	www.rhodes.edu /public/content/0_3_2-CT-Contact-NewFulltime.shtml (2118 words)

	USAID Fact Sheet: Central America Drought -- Update #4
		Assessments conducted by USAID in several municipalities in the Department of Chinandega confirmed that people in the area had very little food, the grain storage facilities were empty, and there had been a near total crop loss in the spring planting cycle.
		The dry conditions have severely affected Chiquimula Department, especially its two eastern municipalities of Camotán and Jocotán, which also rely heavily on seasonal migration to coffee and sugar areas to provide for family food needs.
		The problem is concentrated in the poorer areas of the country such as El Quiche, Huehuetenango, Chiquimula, and San Marcos whose large poor and indigenous populations rely on seasonal migration to coffee areas for income.
	www.usaid.gov /press/releases/2001/fs011017_1.html (2789 words)

	americas.org - JOURNALIST EDWIN PAXTOR THREATENED (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The SIC agents had accused them of driving a stolen vehicle, which in fact turned out to be registered to one of the young men.
		Chiquimula on several occasions about the alleged SIC harassment.
		On one occasion the Department Governor accompanied him to an assignment, so that he would not be prevented from taking photographs.
	www.americas.org /item_22311 (605 words)

	Guatemala Departments
		The data by department are shown in the table.
		A sampling of them suggests that the first two digits may represent the department (01 = Guatemala, 09 = Quetzaltenango, 13 = Huehuetenango, etc.).
		The departments are further subdivided into municipios (municipalities).
	www.statoids.com /ugt.html (211 words)

	Electronic Briefing Book: Colonel Byron Disrael Lima Estrada
		As a case study, the nine Defense Department records selected for this Electronic Briefing Book portray Lima Estrada as a highly-motivated, ultra-conservative, and anti-democratic intelligence officer, bent on preserving the military's grip on power, even after the transition to civilian leadership that began in the mid-1980s during the regime of General Oscar Humberto Mejía Víctores.
		Battalion of the Captain Rafael Carreras Military Brigade, a MAP unit in the department of Zacapa, the locus of the army's counterinsurgency operations.
		Among this group was Colonel Lima Estrada, who was then the commander of army troops in Chiquimula, a significant demotion for an officer who had earlier served as director of intelligence.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB25 (2374 words)

	goathemayatravel
		The biggest banana plantations of the country are surrounding Quiriguá; covering from Quiriguá up to the Caribbean coast and until the decade of the 60's were property of the united Fruit company, which had a great influence in the economy and politics of the country.
		The Reserve of the Biosphere of Sierra de las Minas is declared and managed as a protected area.
		Creation of the Department: by Executive Decree number 683 on April 13, 1908.
	www.goathemayatravel.com /regiones3_in.htm (2452 words)

	Noticias, PESA Guatemala
		In 1999, SPFS Central America was established in three countries, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras, with the technical support of the FAO and financing from the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI).
		SPFS Guatemala carries out its primary activities in two locations: Xibalbay, a semi-urban community in the department of Sololá; in western Guatemala, and Jocotán in the department of Chiquimula in the eastern part of the country.
		FAO, in conjunction with SPFS and its office in Jocotán, Chiquimula, prepared a report which elaborated the concept of a CBA for five of SPFS's best practices in the region.
	www.pesacentroamerica.org /pesa_guatemala/noticias/2004/diciembre/cost-benef-ing.htm (1980 words)

	Radio Chortis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are two gateways connecting Guatemala and Honduras: one is Esquipulas (located in southern part of Departamento de Chiquimula) to Nueva Ocotepeque de Honduras, and the other is Chiquimula (located in northwestern part of Departamento de Chiquimula, the capital of the Department) to the frontier.
		The station is heard as far as in Japan on the frequency of 3380kHz (90mb).
		Station name "Chortis" derives from "Chorti", a local language used in a part of Chiquimula department.
	www.swl.net /patepluma/central/guatemala/chortis.htm (786 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News on Guatemala
		Now a joint assessment by WFP, UNICEF and the Food and Agriculture Organization in Guatemala has confirmed "serious food deficits" in the western Guatemalan departments of Chiquimula, El Progreso, Baja Verapaz and Jalapa.
		In early September, 41 children died of malnutrition in two municipalities of Chiquimula department north-east of the capital.
		This agricultural programme is aimed at the most vulnerable communities of Jocotán and includes more than 10 tons of high-quality bean seed and more than 90 tons of fertilizer.
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/02/012503 (559 words)

	guatemala quiche, guatemala quiche destination (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Coming of Age with the Wellesley Class of '69 Rebels of a Neon God Rebels of Highland Guatemala: The Quiche-Mayas of Momostenango Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom Rebels of the Woods: The I.W.W. in...
		Alta Verapaz is one of 22 departments in Guatemala.
		The capital and chief city of the department...
	yummyappetizers.com /guatemalaquiche (1336 words)

	2005 Population Figures for Chiquimula, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alta Verapaz (CobÃ¡n); Baja Verapaz (SalamÃ¡); Chimaltenango (Chimaltenango); Chiquimula
		...religious shrine in the department of Chiquimula in eastern...
		37,256 for Chiquimula, Guatemala is based on a number of factors and sources.
	travel.synabu.com /cities/C/Chiquimula,_Guatemala.html (295 words)

	Santa María Chiquimula (TO QU 265 F) L
		The skirt is a heavy stiff weave making the tall women of this village look even more statuesque.
		Unlike the colorful headdresses of other villages, here they were a dark wool headdress.
		The women of Santa María Chiquimula are statuesque and graceful.
	guatedolls.com /Language_Listing/Quiche/Santa_Maria_Chiquimula__TO_QU_/santa_maria_chiquimula__to_qu_.html (118 words)

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		This species occurs in cloud forest and pine-oak forest and is known from the departments of Quiché and Huehuetenango at elevations of 12002500 m.
		DISTRIBUTION: The eastern slopes of the Montañas del Mico and the northern slopes of the eastern portion of the Sierra de las Minas in the Department of Izabal, Guatemala, at elevations of 591786 m.
		The ammended type-locality was suggested to be, in error, in the Department de Quezaltenango by Savage (1987:34).
	www.uta.edu /biology/campbell/guatemala/checklist.html (7329 words)

	Guatemala 10.626 et al. - Merits
		On June 28, 1990, in the hamlet of Tuisquián, village of Xemal, the municipality of Colotenango, department of Huehuetenango, Remigio Domingo Morales and teenager Rafael Sánchez (15 years) were seized by Civil Patrolmen and accused of being guerrillas.
		A number of members of the Colotenango Civil Patrol were charged with battery and unlawful arrest….” The State requested that, in keeping with Article 46 of the American Convention, the case be declared inadmissible on the grounds that the remedies under domestic law had not been exhausted.
		The justice of the peace for the district went to the scene and ordered that the body be moved to the morgue of the local hospital.
	www.cidh.org /annualrep/2000eng/ChapterIII/Merits/Guatemala10.626.htm (4433 words)

	USAID Fact Sheet: Central America Drought -- Update #5
		Decreased tax revenues resulting from the decline in coffee prices, and the general economic deceleration, which is linked to the economic slowdown in the United States, have limited the ability of national and local governments to respond to these problems.
		Very little or no rain was reported in the departments of Matagalpa, parts of Chinadega, Madriz, and Esteli from October 4 through 19.
		The problem is concentrated in the poorer areas of the country such as El Quiche, Huehuetenango, Chiquimula, Chimaltenango, Baja Verapaz, and San Marcos whose large poor and indigenous populations rely on seasonal migration to coffee areas for income.
	www.usaid.gov /press/releases/2001/fs011030_2.html (3104 words)

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