Zunil (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈnil]) is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi).[2] The town of Zunil is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salamá River.[3] Zunil has an altitude of approximately 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) above mean sea level.[3] The population of the municipality, which is 100% indigenous, was 14,118 at the 2018 census. The inhabitants speak Kʼicheʼ and Spanish.[2] There are thermal baths with volcanic water around the town, for example Fuentes Georginas and Almolonga.
Religion
Zunil possesses active worship of San Simón (also known as Maximón), a life-sized mannequin representing a Maya god, sitting in a wooden throne, which is moved to a different house every year, and many people visit and leave gifts at his shrine.
Namesakes
A crater on Mars, which may be the source of Mars meteorites, is named after the village.[4]
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Buses in Zunil
Notes
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ a b Zunil at Inforpressca Archived June 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Cattelan 2004, p.36.
- ^ McEwan, A.S.; et al. (2005). "The rayed crater Zunil and interpretations of small impact craters on Mars" (PDF). Icarus. 176 (2): 351–381. Bibcode:2005Icar..176..351M. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.02.009. Retrieved 2006-09-08..
References
- Cattelan, Marino (2004). Quetzaltenango. Guatemala: Xibalbá Publicaciones.
External links
14°47′N 91°29′W / 14.783°N 91.483°W
Zunil travel guide from Wikivoyage- Zunil at Inforpressca
- Fuentes Georginas
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