San Pedro Soloma
San Pedro Soloma
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San Pedro Soloma (also known as Tzu'luma in Qʼanjobʼal) is a town and municipality of Huehuetenango, a department of Guatemala. It is located in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes at 2,300 m above sea level. The municipality covers a total area of 264 km2 with elevations ranging from 1,900 m to 3,500 m. Its population of 49,030 is spread over the town of Soloma, 19 villages and 50 smaller rural communities (caserios). [3]
The annual celebrations in honor of the town's patron Saint Peter take place from June 24 to 30. Its mayan name is Tzu'luma.[4]
History
Mercedarian doctrine
After the
According to bishop Juan de las Cabezas memoir in 1613[6] and the bishop Pedro Cortés y Larraz parish visit minutes from 1770,[7] the Mercedarians came to have nine doctrines, and numerous annexes, which were: Santa Ana de Malacatán, Concepción de Huehuetenango, San Pedro de Solomá, Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Jacaltenango, Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Chiantla, San Andrés de Cuilco, Santiago de Tejutla, San Pedro de Sacatepéquez, and San Juan de Ostuncalco.[8]
However, in 1754, due to the
See also
Notes and references
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
- ^ "San Pedro Soloma - Ubicación". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ "Fundación de Soloma".
- ^ a b Juarros 1818, p. 336.
- ^ Pérez 1966, p. 44.
- ^ Cortés y Larraz 1770.
- ^ Pérez 1966, p. 44-45.
- ^ Juarros 1818, p. 338.
Bibliography
- Cortés y Larraz, Pedro (1770). Descripción Geográfico-Moral de la Diócesis de Goathemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: Diócesis de Guatemala.
- Juarros, Domingo (1818). Compendio de la historia de la Ciudad de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: Ignacio Beteta.
- Pérez, Pedro Nolasco O. de M. (1966). Historia de las Misiones Mercedarias en América (in Spanish). Madrid.)
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