San Mateo Ixtatán
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San Mateo Ixtatán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at 2540m above sea level. It contains 23,000 people. It covers a terrain of 560km2. It has a weekly market on Wednesday and Sunday. The annual festival is September 19-September 21. The residents of San Mateo speak the Myan language Chuj, not to be confused with Chuj baths, or wood fired steam rooms that are common throughout the country.
[edit] External link
- Muni in Spanish
- Ixtatan Foundation Charlottesville based non-profit that works in San Mateo Ixtatan