🔍 Agua Volcano 🌋
📍 Seen in Sacatepequez / Escuintla, Guatemala 🇬🇹
💬 The Agua Volcano (Volcán de Agua) holds cultural significance for indigenous Mayan communities, symbolizing strength and resilience and being woven into local legends and folklore. Its name comes from a lahar, or flow of mud and debris, that descended from its crater in 1541, destroying the old capital, Ciudad Vieja, and causing many deaths.
Photo Location:
Departments of Sacatepequez / Escuintla, Guatemala
Year of Foundation:
1,839 / 1,825
Area Total:
KM² : 465 / 4,384
MI² : 179.5 / 1,692.7
Elevation:
M: 1,530 / 1,265
FT: 590.7 / 488.4
Population (2018/2020):
330,469 / 791,639
Coordinates:
14°27’56.7″N 90°44’29.0″W
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