Mataquescuintla
Mataquescuintla (from Nahuatl, meaning net to catch dogs) is a town and municipality in the Jalapa department of south-east Guatemala. It covers .
Key facts
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- Municipality
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- Bajando de Miramundo y Pino Dulce se ve la ciudad de Mataquescuintla. - panoramio.jpg
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- Mataquescuintla seen from Miramundo and Pino Dulce
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- Guatemala
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- Location within Guatemala
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- Country
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- Department
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- 25px Jalapa
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- Villa
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- 1848
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- Incorporated
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- After Central American independence
- Overthrow of Mariano Gálvez
- Creation of Santa Rosa department
- After the Liberal Revolution
- Government
- Geography
- Climate
- Location
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Mataquescuintla (from Nahuatl, meaning net to catch dogs) is a town and municipality in the Jalapa department of south-east Guatemala. It covers .
Mataquescuintla played a significant role during the first half of the nineteenth century, when it was the center of operations of conservative general Rafael Carrera, who led a Catholic peasant revolution against the liberal government of Mariano Gálvez in 1838, and then ruled Guatemala from 1840 until his death in 1865.
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