Panajachel

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Panajachel

 

Panajachel

Panajachel (Pana) is a town in the southwestern Guatemalan Highlands, in the department of Sololá. It serves as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The altitude is 1,597 metres (5,240 ft). The population is 11,142.

 


The town of Panajachel is located on the shore of Lake Atitlán, and has become a center for the tourist trade of the area as it provides a base for visitors crossing the lake to visit other towns and villages.

 


In the 16th century, during the period of the Spanish conquest of Guatemala, the shore of the lake was the scene of a battle in which the Spanish and their Kaqchikel allies defeated the Tz'utujils. The Spanish set up a church and monastery in Panajachel soon afterward, and used the town as a centre to convert the indigenous people of the region to the Roman Catholic faith. The original façade of the church still stands, and is considered one of the gems of the colonial style in Guatemala.

 


The town attracted many hippies in the 1960s, but the numbers of foreign visitors plummeted during the Guatemalan Civil War. After the war ended, tourists started coming back, and Panajachel's economy is once again primarily based on tourism.

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tours on the lake

 

 

 

 


School

 

 

 

 

exercise

 

selling fast food in the school yard

 

eating the fast food

 

older sister

 

grandmother


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