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| | Encyclopedia: Jalapa, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The city of Jalapa was built on a Valley, surrounded by the Jumay volcano and the mountains of Alcoba, Arluta and the Jalapa Mouuntains. |
 | | 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. |
 | | Jalapa also produces dairy products and is famous for its cheese, special the one called queso seco (dry cheese)and "mantequilla de costal" (butter of cotton sacks), which is produced mainly in Monjas, San Manuel Chaparron, San Carlos Alzatate and Jalapa. |
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