The Almolonga volcano, also called "Cerro Quemado" (Burned Mountain) or "La Muela" (The Molar) due to its distinct shape, is an andesitic stratovolcano...
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Almolonga is a town, with a population of 17,613 (2023 census), and a municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department of Guatemala, located on the road...
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The Battle of Almolonga was a military action during the First Mexican Empire on January 13, 1823 in the town of Almolonga, between the hills of Teposteyo...
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San Simón Almolongas is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Miahuatlán...
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1823, to join the revolution, but experienced a disastrous defeat at Almolonga. The insurrection was mostly being suppressed at this time; Victoria being...
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which is the feast day of St. James, hence the full name of the city. Almolonga — Ciudad Vieja After the Kaqchikel rebelled against their former allies...
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abutting the municipality of Quetzaltenango include Salcajá, Cantel, Almolonga, Zunil, El Palmar, Concepción Chiquirichapa, San Mateo, La Esperanza,...
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uprisings, the capital was moved to a more suitable site in the Valley of Almolonga (place of water) on November 22, 1527, and kept its original name. This...
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Garrard, Virginia (2021). "Tricksters, Gods, and Global Pentecostalism in Almolonga, Guatemala". New Faces of God in Latin America: Emerging Forms of Vernacular...
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Other towns in the municipality include Atliaca (population 5,981), Almolonga (1,346), Zoquiapa (1,243), and El Durazno (1,070). The city is known for...
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Average annual rainfall is 2,000 millimetres (79 in) in the municipality of Almolonga, and parts of the department at higher altitudes experience frost in the...
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January 1823 to join the revolution, but experienced a disastrous defeat at Almolonga. The insurrection was mostly being suppressed at this time, Victoria being...
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of 6,184 metres (20,289 ft). Sacabaya (volcano, aka 'Tambo Quemado') Almolonga (Guatemala, aka "Cerro Quemado" or "La Muela" (The Molar)) Catamarca Province...
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defense of the city untenable. In 1527, the capital was moved to the Almolonga Valley to the east, on the site of today's San Miguel Escobar district...
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America, with a central seal showing a volcano (possibly Santa Maria or Almolonga) in the background with a quetzal (a local bird symbolizing liberty) in...
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3,212 10,538 Chile Mount Jefferson 3,199 10,495 Oregon, United States Almolonga 3,197 10,489 Guatemala Vakak Group 3,190 10,466 Afghanistan Lassen Peak...
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"Volcán Agua". Smithsonian Institution: Global Volcanism Program. "Volcán Almolonga". Smithsonian Institution: Global Volcanism Program. "Volcán Atitlán"...
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in 1545 with the rubble brought from the destroyed settlement in the Almolonga Valley, which had been a second attempt to found a town in the region...
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Patulul 11,259 Suchitepéquez 90 La Esperanza 11,258 Quetzaltenango 91 Almolonga 11,131 Quetzaltenango 92 Salcajá 11,110 Quetzaltenango 93 Guastatoya 10...
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Guarantees. During the First Mexican Empire, he fought in the Battle of Almolonga on the side of Agustin de Iturbide and the imperialists against the republican...
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highest point and highest volcano in Central America Volcán Cerro Quemado (Almolonga) Volcán Santa María; designated a Decade Volcano. It has a smaller peak...
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Foshan, China Hackney, England, United Kingdom Aguacatán Moss, Norway Almolonga Mission, United States Amatitlán Gzhel, Russia Antigua Guatemala Benito...
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settled in what is now central Ciudad Vieja, then known as Almolonga (not to be confused with Almolonga near Quetzaltenango); Zapotec and Mixtec allies also...
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Mexico Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Mexico Mineral Wells Mediaș, Romania Mission Almolonga, Guatemala Benito Juárez, Mexico Fortín, Mexico Isla Mujeres, Mexico Puerto...
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it in 1527 because of continuous Kaqchikel attacks, and moved to the Almolonga Valley to the east, refounding their capital at Ciudad Vieja. The Kaqchikel...
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Tepatlaxco de Hidalgo Puebla 223 Tepeaca Puebla 223 Zitlaltepec Tlaxcala 223 Almolonga Puebla 224 Atoyatempan Puebla 224 Chigmecatitlán Puebla 224 Huatlatlauca...
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(the “Conqueror of Guatemala”). Records of the Cabildo of Santiago, in Almolonga from the 1530s also mention some enslaved blacks. This first city, founded...
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however now went after them and a skirmish ensued in the vicinity of Almolonga, where they were then defeated. Guerrero was shot through the lungs and...
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Guatemala, after the city had to be moved from the previous site in the Almolonga valley. Franco left that position in 1574 after a series of budget cuts...
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there is a group that says that the Spaniards set the city temporarily in Almolonga, and therefore, the attest to the fact that the City was on the location...
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