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See also:TOTONICAPAM, or TOTONICAPAN , the See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Totonicapam, See also:Guatemala, on the same high See also:plateau as See also:Quezaltenango, the nearest railway station, from which it is 12 M . E.N.E . Pop . (1905) about 28,000 . Totonicapam is inhabited mainly by See also:Quiche See also:Indians, employed in the making of See also:cloth, See also:furniture, pottery and wooden musical See also:instruments . There are hot See also:mineral springs in the neighbourhood . In 1838 Totonicapam was declared an See also:independent See also:republic, in which the adjoining departments of See also:Solola and Quezaltenango were included . This See also:state existed for two years, and was then again merged in the republic of Guatemala . Totonicapam suffered greatly in the See also:earthquake of the 18th of See also:April 1902 . |
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