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TOTONICAPAM, or TOTONICAPAN

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 92 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TOTONICAPAM, or TOTONICAPAN , the
capital
  of the department of
Totonicapam
 , Guatemala, on the same high
plateau
  as Quezaltenango, the nearest railway station, from which it is 12 M. E.N.E. Pop. (1905) about 28,000.
Totonicapam
  is inhabited mainly by Quiche Indians, employed in the making of
cloth
 , furniture, pottery and wooden musical
instruments
 . There are hot
mineral
  springs in the neighbourhood. In 1838 Totonicapam was declared an independent republic, in which the adjoining departments of Solola and Quezaltenango were included. This state existed for two years, and was then again merged in the republic of Guatemala. Totonicapam suffered greatly in the
earthquake
  of the 18th of
April
  1902.


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