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Totonicapán (department) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 15 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 091 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -91.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Department with nation's highest elevation; inhabited by Mayas who grow corn, wheat, beans, and potatoes; some areas used for sheep grazing; flour milling is main industry; connected to Pan-American Highway, but travel is generally by mule or foot. |
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Totonicapán (preferred,C,V)
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Totonicapán, Departamento de (C,V)
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Departamento de Totonicapán (C,V,O)
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Totonicapán department (C,O)
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GT21 (C,U,FIPS)
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department (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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