Santa Catarina Palopó

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Santa Catarina Palopó is a small, traditional Kaqchikel Maya town in Guatemala known for its colorful painted houses and lakeside setting on the shores of Lake Atitlán.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Santa Catarina Palopó canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Sololá Department ⓘ
climate mild highland climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
craftSpecialty beadwork ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
culturalHeritage Kaqchikel Maya traditions ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly indigenous population ⓘ
elevation approximately 1600 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya ⓘ
linked to: Kaqchikel
governedBy municipal government of Santa Catarina Palopó ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Lake Atitlán viewpoints ⓘ
local Maya markets ⓘ
painted house facades ⓘ
hasViewOf volcanoes around Lake Atitlán ⓘ
indigenousLanguage Kaqchikel ⓘ
knownFor colorful painted houses ⓘ
lakeside setting ⓘ
traditional Maya culture ⓘ
locatedIn Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands

Sololá Department ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Atitlán ⓘ
neighboringSettlement Panajachel ⓘ
San Antonio Palopó ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
paintingProject facade-painting initiative inspired by local textiles ⓘ
partOf Lake Atitlán basin ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity artisanal crafts ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region Western Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: western Guatemala
religion Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

Maya spiritual practices ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timezone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
tourismType community-based tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
traditionalClothing Kaqchikel huipiles ⓘ
colorful woven skirts ⓘ
transportAccess boat transport on Lake Atitlán ⓘ
road from Panajachel ⓘ
utcOffset UTC-6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Atitlán → hasNearbyTown → Santa Catarina Palopó ⓘ
Sololá Department → hasMunicipality → Santa Catarina Palopó ⓘ
Panajachel → hasNearbyVillage → Santa Catarina Palopó ⓘ