QUEZALTENANGO  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Quezaltenango, See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala, 7o m. by road W. of Guatemala See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and at the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a railway from Champerico on the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Pop . (1905) about 31,000 . It is situated on the See also:

• RIVER

river Siguila, and at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano of See also:

• SANTA

Santa Maria . In See also:

• SIZE

size the second city in the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, it has a large agricultural See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and manufactures of See also:

• LINEN

linen, woollen and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods . It contains a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good public buildings, including two See also:

• NATIONAL

national institutes for higher See also:

• EDUCATION

education; and it is well supplied with See also:

• WATER

water and See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity for See also:

• LIGHT

light and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of its inhabitants are See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians or See also:

• HALF

half-breeds of See also:

• QUICHE

Quiche descent . Quezaltenango was the capital of a Quiche See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and was known as Xelahuh or Xelahue until 1524, when it was conquered by the Spaniards under Pedro de See also:

• ALVARADO, PEDRO DE (1495-1541)

Alvarado . In 1902 it was partially destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake and an eruption of Santa Maria .