Colotenango is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at 1,590 m (5,220 ft) above sea level. It contains 14,000 people. It covers a terrain of 71 km2 (27 sq mi). The annual festival is February 12-15.
Colotenango has two holy sites called Tuikalajan and Tuisanmarcos.
Colotenango is traditionally a Maya community whose residents speak the Mayan Mam language.[1] Two-thirds of the residents are Catholic, while about thirty percent are Evangelica.
Colotenango includes the following aldeas (towns): Caniche, Colotenango (el pueblo), El Granadillo, Ical, Ixconlaj, La Barranca, La Lagunita, La Vega, Llano Grande, Los Naranjales, Luminoche, Sacuil, Siete Caminos, Tixel, Tohlac, Tuitzloch, Tuitzquian and Xemal.
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