SAN ANDRéS ITZAPA

'San Andrés Itzapa' (Itzapa means stone or pedernal, commonly called ray stone), is a municipality of Chimaltenango, Guatemala. San Andres makes up the eastern region of Chimaltenango, while Colinda, the municipal head, lies to the north, Acatenango lies to the south and to the east is Parramos. The territory is approximately 90 kilometers square, with a total of 31,956 inhabitants or Itzapecos (genticilio)

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Language

Crafts

Division

Products

Celebrations

Tourist places

Language

Both Spanish and Kaqchiquel are spoken, although migration from other departments causes the influx of a variety of other languages such as K'iché and Tzutujil (these languages share a similarity in fonología and meaning).

Crafts

The municipality is rich in the craftsmanship of leather instruments like equipments, mecapales, cases for machetes and covers of knives, caites, articles of jade, tables and chairs, networks of toot among others.

Division

It has 9 villages that are: Chicazanga, Chimachoy, Panimaquin, San jOse Boilers, Good Grass, the Avocado, San jOse the Corrals, Xiparquiy, San jOse Cajahualten.

Products

Wheat, cotton, maize, beans, avocado, guisquil, beet, radish, guicoy, carrot, brócoli, cabbage, coffee and specially Chile guaque.

Celebrations

★ Convite (the last Saturday of January)

★ Titular fair (of the 22 of November to the 1 of December)

★ Corpus Cristie

★ Run of Tapes (15 of September)

★ San Simón (28 of October)

Tourist places

★ Xipacay bath

★ Temple of San Simón