Panajachel
Panajachel
Panajachel (Pana) is a town in the southwestern Guatemalan Highlands, in the department of Sololá. It serves as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The altitude is 1,597 metres (5,240 ft). The population is 11,142.
The town of Panajachel is located on the shore of Lake Atitlán, and has become a
center for the tourist trade of the area as it provides a base for visitors
crossing the lake to visit other towns and villages.
In the 16th century, during the period of the Spanish conquest of Guatemala, the
shore of the lake was the scene of a battle in which the Spanish and their
Kaqchikel allies defeated the Tz'utujils. The Spanish set up a church and
monastery in Panajachel soon afterward, and used the town as a centre to convert
the indigenous people of the region to the Roman Catholic faith. The original
façade of the church still stands, and is considered one of the gems of the
colonial style in Guatemala.
The town attracted many hippies in the 1960s, but the numbers of foreign
visitors plummeted during the Guatemalan Civil War. After the war ended,
tourists started coming back, and Panajachel's economy is once again primarily
based on tourism.
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hammocks
tours on the lake
School
exercise
selling fast food in the school yard
eating the fast food
older sister
grandmother
Restaurant
