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Municipality and town in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cantel is a village in Guatemala, 10 km from the major city of Quetzaltenango. It is inhabited by K'iche' Maya.
Small blown glass factory, with a shop to buy some nice glass pieces.
Much of the commercial life of Cantel is along the CA2 highway in the valley below the centre of the village.
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