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Quetzaltenango ( Place where there are quetzales ) is a city and also the capital of the Department of Quetzaltenango located in the Republic of Guatemala , highlighted for its notable historical importance and its cultural wealth and recognized for being an educational city, 8 ​9​ it is also a Guatemalan tourist destination for its well-preserved neoclassical Roman architecture . He is also popularly named as "Xelajú" or simply "Xela" (pronounced as shelajú and shela , respectively). 10

The city is located 206 km northwest of Guatemala City . 11​ in a mountainous valley in the western highlands of the country with an average altitude of 2333 m asl It has a population of 204,075 inhabitants but considering its metropolitan area it reaches a total of 748,174, which makes it the third most populated urban agglomeration in the country Only surpassed by the Metropolitan Area of ​​Guatemala and the Metropolitan Conurbation of Las Verapaces , also due to its importance in the sector, the city is located within the 20 most important cities in Guatemala .

Quetzaltenango has various public and private educational centers, such as some of the most recognized universities in the country. It is the city with the largest number of educational centers per inhabitant due to its strategic location, since the majority of its students are not from the city, but from nearby towns.

Quetzaltenango was proclaimed the Capital of Central America by the Central American Parliament in 2008. It is the head of the department of Quetzaltenango , which has 1,953 km² , equivalent to 1.8% of the national territory. In the 21st century , the municipality joined the Mancomunidad Metrópoli de los Altos , an entity that involves several municipalities in the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán and that promotes their sustainable development in the medium and long term. 12

In demographics, 53% of the population is mestizo, 45% is indigenous or Amerindian, and 2% is made up of foreigners (mostly from Mexico and Peru ). Castilian is mainly spoken , while Quiche and Mam are spoken by natives on the outskirts of the city. In the same way, Quechua is spoken among the descendants of Peruvian immigrants who settled in the city.

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