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Guatemala Adoption Blog - Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez The Aztecs that accompanied him, called this place “The land of the Deer.” The Nahautl word for deer is mazatl and tenango literally means the place/land of. During the month of February, Mazatenango is famous for its eight day Carnival Feast. As one Guatemalan website states, “To mention the carnival of Mazatenango is to bring to mind moments of a happy and cordial party. guatemala.adoptionblogs.com /weblogs/mazatenango-suchitepequez   (615 words)

Suchitepéquez - Travel to Guatemala - Viaje a Guatemala To mention the carnival of Mazatenango is to bring to mind moments of a happy and cordial party. The wealth of the traditions of the people of this region lives in the municipal principality of Mazatenango where there is a mixture of religious and other non-religious forms of expression. Mazatenango is famous for its official holiday of carnival, celebrated for eight days, and has gained national and international recognition. www.viajeaguatemala.com /english/Suchitepequez/1051016311856.htm   (1070 words)

Guatemala to move U.S. qualifier from capital. Mazatenango, "Land of the Deer" in the local dialect, is on the Pacific coastal plain about150 miles west of Guatemala City. But while Mazatenango is hotter than the rest of Guatemala, it is not hotter than South Florida in July, nor hotter than the Washington, D.C., area where the U.S. will host Guatemala in early September. The stadium in Mazatenango is a first-division stadium, in a fairly affluent semi-rural area, and is used in the Guatemala professional league. www.soccertimes.com /usteams/2000/jul02a.htm   (402 words)

Suchitepequez The district of Mazatenango is categorized as City/category 1a. The Principal Industry in Mazatenango is Liquors and textiles, while its main cultivation is G.B., coffee, sugar cane. Mazatenango is 356 square kilometers with an elevation of 371 square meters. www.geocities.com /baitu.geo/guatemala/suchitepequez.html   (1953 words)

Por las calles de Mazatenango Mazatenango es el nombre náhualt que los indígenas tlaxcaltecas que acompañaron al conquistador Pedro de Alvarado le pusieron al pueblo. Mazatenango está ubicado a 160 kilómetros de la capital de Guatemala, en la Boca Costa. Mazatenango antes tenía alma, ahora sin embargo se está convirtiendo en una masa caótica de concreto y basura. www.literaturaguatemalteca.org /mazate.html   (718 words)

CNNSI.com - World Soccer - Tranquil Guatemalan town prepares for spotlight - Friday July 14, 2000 01:05 PM With the United States coming to face Guatemala in the opening CONCACAF semifinal round match for both sides on Sunday, this sugar-producing hamlet of 80,000 is receiving unprecedented worldwide attention. Mazatenango's brutally hot climate -- an average daily high of 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) forces many here to head to work before 4 a.m. Upon learning that Mazatenango would host the game, Pepsi commissioned a contingent of painters to freshen its two dozen blue-and-red billboards throughout the stadium. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/news/2000/07/14/remotely_qualifying_ap   (715 words)

Mazatenango « Guatemala « Central America « Hotelrates.com Directory of ... Mazatenango « Guatemala «; Central America « Hotelrates.com Directory of hotels, Cities, states, best rates, hotel info, :: Hotelrates.com Hotelrates.com Directory of hotels, Cities, states, best rates, hotel info, » Central America » Guatemala »; Mazatenango It is the capital of Suchitepéquez department and is located 165 km from Guatemala City. hotelrates.com /directory/central-america/guatemala/mazatenango   (51 words)

Mazatenango, Guatemala News - Topix Nancy Tavolacci of Howell announces the arrival of her daughter, Isabella Rose Flora Tavolacci, born July 15 in Mazatenango, Guatemala. Guatemala, Nov 28 Guatemalan trade union and social organizations held simultaneous demonstrations in several cities Tuesday demanding solutions to the growing poverty and exclusion of most of the population. The painful memories come back at the most inopportune times, said Nidia Yuvixa Koren, like when she is trying to balance books or deal with demanding customers or just get a break from overseeing one of the... www.topix.net /gt/mazatenango   (386 words)

Suchitepequez/Mazatenango/Catedral de Mazatenango Mazatenango es un lugar muy hermoso, los invito a todos para que nos visiten cuando puedan, los esperamos con los brazos abiertos seran bien recibios. Mazatenango, es un lugar muy lindo tengo la bendición de vivir en ella y saludos a todos los que estan fuera su pais y su municipio los espera como siempre, el parque, la avenida libertad, la calzada y cada rincón de la misma, saludos y que Diosito los bendiga. Mazatenango es un lugar pequeno, pero con lugares muy bonitos para distraerse,si quieren escribirme hagalon a dennis87@terra.com www.guate360.com /galeria/details.php?image_id=566   (910 words)

Houses / homes for sale or for rent in Mazatenango - Vacation Rental If you are considering buying real estate in Mazatenango, or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage. When renting a home in Mazatenango you are usually limited to the changes/improvements you can make. In many cases vacation rentals in Mazatenango are offered by the owners of the property but in some instances real estate agents offer vacation rentals in Mazatenango. www.propertyworld.com /_Guatemala_Suchitepequez_Mazatenango   (831 words)

ESPN.com - SOCCER - Tranquil town prepares for World Cup Mazatenango features a brutally hot climate -- an average daily high of 100 Fahrenheit forces many here to head to work before 4 a.m. Still, Guatemala is a long shot to qualify for World Cup play, and has to finish in the top two of a group that also includes Costa Rica and Barbados to advance to the final round of qualifying. Upon learning that Mazatenango would host the game, Pepsi commissioned a contingent of painters to freshen its two dozen blue-and-red billboards throughout the stadium. sports.espn.go.com /soccer/news/2000/0714/633380.html   (657 words)

TNUMC - Guatemala 2006, Diane Blum Upon arriving in Guatemala City, we were greeted by Team 1 at the gate, then by Adolfo—our guide and driver for the two weeks aboard the UMVIM bus. This community, reached from Mazatenango by winding (often washed out) roads up the side of the volcanic mountain, is a native Mayan village. As we traveled back to Mazatenango we observed the end of the coffee harvest and the multitude of workers going home for the night, laden with huge bags of coffee beans. www.tnumc.org /index.cfm?PAGE_ID=2085&EXPAND=331   (1544 words)

Sponsor A Child - Compassion - Vocational Program Produces Confident Entrepreneurs Like the majority of residents in the fertile, agricultural region of Mazatenango, Cesia and her parents live in abject poverty. Yet, despite her family's bleak circumstances, Cesia is confident of improving their lot because of the business acumen she's learning at the local Compassion-assisted Elim Student Center (GU-823). Seeing Mazatenango's agricultural bounty but its lack of food processing plants, project workers at the Elim center and the Nazareth Student Center collaborated with nearby San Carlos University, which offers a degree in food processing, and began a vocational training partnership for their students. www.compassion.com /sponsordonor/countrynews/gu/Stories/051705.htm   (594 words)

Gunmen in Guatemala Kill 4 Convicts in Raid - New York Times The attack resembled an incident Monday in which four gunmen stopped a prison truck and kidnapped seven prisoners being taken to a jail in Mazatenango, 85 miles to the west. Today, the bodies of eight men, their throats slit, were found on the outskirts of the capital. The spokesman said the police was investigating to determine if any were among the Mazatenango prisoners. query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6DD103BF931A25751C0A967948260   (172 words)

ESPN.com - SOCCER - Tranquil town prepares for World Cup MAZATENANGO, Guatemala -- From the steamy, sugar cane-littered streets of this quiet little town, it looks like Christmas in July. Mazatenango features a brutally hot climate -- an average daily high of 100 Fahrenheit forces many here to head to work before 4 a.m. Still, Guatemala is a long shot to qualify for World Cup play, and has to finish in the top two of a group that also includes Costa Rica and Barbados to advance to the final round of qualifying. espn.go.com /soccer/news/2000/0714/633380.html   (657 words)

Champerico, Mazatenango and Cocales, Guatemala. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com The surf is less dangerous here, and there's a handful of very simple fried fish 'n' shrimp cookshacks, but no hotels. The next stop on the highway is MAZATENANGO, another seething commercial town which also has a quieter, calmer side centred on the plaza. About 30km beyond Mazatenango is COCALES, a crossroads from where a road runs north to Santiago Atitlán, San Lucas Tolimán and Lago de Atitlán. www.hostelbookers.com /guides/guatemala/champerico,_mazatenango_and_cocales   (417 words)

Guatemala 1997: On A Mission Of Mercy The next stop was Mazatenango where medical supplies were unloaded and sorted at the Vine International warehouse, the first stop for most supplies sent by the ministry. Part of the medical team left Mazatenango in an 11-passenger van, while others rode on a school bus belonging to Iglesia Elohim, a Mazatenango church that supports Vine International's mission efforts. In the case of Mazatenango, the Mayan name is Mazate, or deer. www.pub.nxs.net /buzz-trexler/vine.htm   (3320 words)

Guatemala 1997: On A Mission Of Mercy The next stop was Mazatenango where medical supplies were unloaded and sorted at the Vine International warehouse, the first stop for most supplies sent by the ministry. Part of the medical team left Mazatenango in an 11-passenger van, while others rode on a school bus belonging to Iglesia Elohim, a Mazatenango church that supports Vine International's mission efforts. In the case of Mazatenango, the Mayan name is Mazate, or deer. members.aol.com /ripshin/vine.htm   (3324 words)

Chronogram - Saving Face - Feb 2006 The hurricane season had just ended, but not before roads were submerged and rail bridges twisted into elbow pasta. Abraham, a member of a nine-member party, was headed for a small cement-block hospital in Mazatenango, where he would spend the next four days in 90-degree tropical weather, restoring the cleft palates of Mayan children. Six weeks before Strahan's group arrived, the major bridge leading to Mazatenango was destroyed by Hurricane Stan. www.chronogram.com /issue/2006/02/communitynotebook/index.php   (1366 words)

GuateWeb - Suchitepequez El Departamento de Suchitepequez se encuentra situado en la región VI o región Sur Occidental, su cabecera departamental es Mazatenango, está a 371.13 metros sobre el nivel del mar y a una distancia de 165 kilómetros de la Ciudad Capital de Guatemala. En este departamento se aconseja visitar la ciudad de Mazatenango, cabecera departamental de Suchitepéquez. Durante el mes de febrero, Mazatenango celebra su alegre fiesta de Carnaval. web.1asphost.com /Guateweb/Suchitepequez.htm   (603 words)

U.S. blows late lead, ties Guatemala 1-1   (Site not responding. Last check: ) MAZATENANGO, Guatemala —; The U.S. men's soccer team acknowledged maybe the tough conditions created by host Guatemala did take a toll Sunday in a 1-1 tie in the opening qualifier for the 2002 World Cup. Hot weather, a rural setting and crazy fans were expected after Guatemalan officials used gamesmanship by moving the match from the cooler highland interior of Guatemala City to this agricultural outpost with its rubber trees and sugar cane fields on the nearby Pacific coast. The Americans arrived Friday by charter plane, then were whisked to Hotel Colonia 12 miles outside Mazatenango. www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/sosfs24.htm   (785 words)

Mazatenango, GTM Weather via MSN Weather   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Forecast for Tuesday, September 12, 2006 for Mazatenango, GTM Current Conditions Cloudy in Mazatenango, GTM (as of 1:00 AM 9/12/2006).. All times shown are local to Mazatenango, GTM. weather.msn.com /RSS.aspx?wealocations=wc:GTXX0015&weadegreetype=F   (28 words)

Stoudenmire's working in Guatemala Norela Ramirez, WMU President, Zelma Estruda and Rosia Maria de Perez from First Baptist Church, Mazatenango, Guatemala are shown here with Allen and Laurelle Stoudenmire, missionaries to Guatemala from Thomasville. Allen and Laurelle are working with volunteer teams from the State with an International Mission Board project called "Operation Gospel Outreach". The team was assisted by Pastor Oscar Corleta and several of his church members including the WMU ladies. www.thethomasvilletimes.com /news/2006/1102/Religion/045.html   (347 words)

Mazatenango, GTM Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Mazatenango, GTM Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps To use this feature, you must allow the use of Javascript. To fix this error, try changing your security settings so that the use of Javascript is enabled. weather.uk.msn.com /local.aspx?wealocations=wc:GTXX0015   (45 words)

Mission of Mercy The road, flanked by what appeared to be a forest of coffee shrubs, grew progressively more rugged: Crater-like potholes and melon-sized rocks hindered the path, while 20-foot stretches of mud threatened to suck down any vehicle that dared to pass. Allsop and Dr. Steve Masters of Fountain City, Tenn., were joined at the La Esmeralda clinic by Dr. Noel Rodriguez, who heads Hospital Shalom in Mazatenango, and Dr. Hector Melgar, who leads a clinic in Guatemala City. The team then traveled to Mazatenango (Mazate) in preparation for a clinic at a mountain village outside the city. www.vineinternational.org /story2.htm   (3145 words)

Ryan's Great Adventures Before we realized what had happened, we found ourselves in the town of Mazatenango quickly approaching the Pacific Coast. By the time we made it back to Quetzaltenango for the RIGHT bus and made it to Chichi, the market would already be over. Three or four hours in buses to eat a $1.20 lunch in Mazatenango. www.ryansatotalgoober.com /adventures/2002/vol016   (1567 words)

Guatemala Within a couple of months our church commissioned and sent Brother Salomon Gomez whom we had trained here in Jupiter for four years to begin the work for Iglesia Bautista Faro de Luz of Xejuyup. Xejuyup is a town about one hour from Mazatenango. Pray about having a part in establishing this new work among the indigenous Quiche people in the mountains of Guatemala. www.baptistevangelism.org /template3.htm   (283 words)

Suchitepequez/Mazatenango/Parque central de Mazatenango Mazatenango, tierra que me vio creser, como extraño el parque donde me sentaba algunos domingos en la tarde y donde disfrutaba del carnaval. El parque de Mazatenango no sera muy bonito, pero es portador de grandes momentos, sino historicos para Guatemala, si para muchos mazatecos, admito que no naci en Suchitepequez, soy de la capital. tengo diez años de vivir en este lugar de mazatenango y es un lugar muy bonito, aunque algo calientito pero es muy especial. www.guate360.com /galeria/details.php?image_id=569   (1503 words)

Maumee Rotary Home Page Many of the soldiers participating in the mission brought additional clothes and school supplies in their own personal luggage to give to less fortunate children such as those in orphanages. The cleanliness of the facility and the professionalism of the staff was amazing. By the way, we ended up donating the supplies and clothing to a very impoverished set of schools in the countryside of Mazatenango since we felt that they were in much more need there. www.maumeerotary.org /index.html   (237 words)

CNNSI.com - Inside Game - Grant Wahl - Inside U.S. Soccer - SI's Grant Wahl: The Greg Louganis Awards - Friday ... The last time U.S. defender Greg Vanney played in Mazatenango was in 1998, when the L.A. Galaxy was taking a preseason tour of the area. According to one U.S. embassy staffer in Guatemala City, Mazatenango is "the only region of Guatemala that doesn't have a home population. It won't be easy, but it says here that the U.S. will get a late goal from Ante Razov for a hard-earned 1-0 win in the stifling heat. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /inside_game/grant_wahl/news/2000/07/13/wahl_insider   (1232 words)

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