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Quetzaltenango (Guatemala : Department)

LC control no.n 84039827
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Geographic headingQuetzaltenango (Guatemala : Department)
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Geographic subdivision usageGuatemala--Quetzaltenango (Department)
Variant(s)Quezaltenango (Guatemala : Department)
Quezaltenango (Guatemala : Dept.)
Quexaltenango (Guatemala : Department)
Found inGuatemala, 1976: p. 7 (Departamento de Quezaltenango)
BGN tel. call, 7/31/84 (Quezaltenango, Departamento de, admd, 14°45ʹN, 91°40ʹW; variant name: Quetzaltenango and Quexaltenango)
Foreign names decisions of the U.S. ... 1988 (current BGN-approved entry: Quetzaltenango, Departamento de)
BGN tel. call, 4/28/93 (Currently approved spelling: Quezaltenango, Departamento de; no longer approved spelling, now considered a variant: Quetzaltenango, Departamento de)
Historia de Los Altos, 2010-2011: tomo 1, title page (Quezaltenango) t. 1, page 11 (From 1985, by decree the letter "t" was added to the word Quezaltenango, to form the name with which it is currently known: Quetzaltenango)
GEOnet, Nov. 13, 2019 (Quetzaltenango (Approved), Departamento de Quetzaltenango (Approved), Quexaltenango (Variant), Departamento de Quezaltenango (Variant); Guatemala; 1st-order admin. div. (ADM1); 14° 45' 00" N, 091° 40' 00" W)
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