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QUEZALTENANGO , the capital of the department of Quezaltenango, Guatemala, 7o m. by road W. of Guatemala city and at the terminus of a railway from Champerico on the Pacific coast
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majority of its inhabitants are Indians or half-breeds of Quiche descent. Quezaltenango was the capital of a Quiche kingdom, and was known as Xelahuh or Xelahue until 1524, when it was conquered by the Spaniards under Pedro de Alvarado. In 1902 it was partially destroyed by an earthquake
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