1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ATITLAN, or SANTIAGO DE ATITLAN, a town in the department of Solola, Guatemala, on the southern shore of Lake Atitlan. Pop. (1905) about 9000, almost all Indians. Cotton-spinning is the chief industry. Lake Atitlan is 24 m. long and 10 m. broad, with 64 m. circumference. It occupies a crater more than 1000 ft. deep and about 4700 ft. above sea-level. The peaks of the Guatemala Cordillera rise round it, culminating near its southern end in the volcanoes of San Pedro (7000 ft.) and Atitlan (11,719 ft.). Although the …
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