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Population:
11,385,000
Capital:
Guatemala (City)
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Extract from the Jocotenango Travel Guides:
Just 2km north of Antigua, the unappealing suburb of
JOCOTENANGO
, "place of bitter fruit", set around a huge, dusty plaza and long notorious for its sleazy bars, now boasts a couple of interesting new attractions.
Casa K'ojom
(daily 9am-5pm; US$2.50 including tour;
www.kojom.com
) is a purpose-built museum dedicated to Maya culture, especially music. The history of indigenous musical traditions is clearly presented from its pre-Columbian origins, through sixteenth-century Spanish and African influences - which brought the marimba, bugles and drums - to the present day, with audio-visual...
read the whole Jocotenango Travel Guides...
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