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Population:
11,385,000
Capital:
Guatemala (City)
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Extract from the Santa Catarina Palop and San Antonio Palop Travel Guides:
On the eastern shore of the lake, backed up against the slopes, are a couple of villages, the first of which,
SANTA CATARINA PALOP
, is just 4km from Panajachel. The people of Santa Catarina used to live almost entirely by fishing and trapping crabs, but the introduction of black bass into the lake to create a sport-fishing industry has put an end to all that, as the bass eat the smaller fish. They've now turned to farming and migratory work, with many of the women travelling to Panajachel and Antigua to peddle their weaving. The women wear stunning
huipiles
, in vibrant turquoise and purple zigzags.
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read the whole Santa Catarina Palop and San Antonio Palop Travel Guides...
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