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Sololá is a city in
Guatemala
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. It is the capital of the
department of
Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
. It is located close to Lake Atitlan.
The name is a Hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one spelling variant of which is Tz'olojya.
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 altitude on a mountainside overlooking
Lake Atitlán, some 600 meters below. It is a highland market center and is the headquarters for the Catholic
Bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
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 includin
Manna Project International Friendship BridgeMayan Familiesan
Love Futbol
Climate
The climate is a
subtropical highland (
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: ''Cwb''), very similar to that of the Asian
monsoon
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s with months almost without any rain. Most of the precipitation is in the summer and early fall. Temperatures during the year have low fluctuation, with a relatively cold low average in winter (7.4 °C in January) and summers are cool with April the hottest month having a high of 23.2 °C.
See also
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List of places in Guatemala
This is a list of places in Guatemala.
List of most populous cities in Guatemala
Population data up to number 30 is based on the 2018 census.
Ancient cities and important ruins
* Cancuén
* Dos Pilas
* El Baul
* Iximche
* Kami ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Solola market video
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Municipalities of the Sololá Department