Xalbal River

Infobox River
river_name = Xalbal river/Xaclbal river


caption = Xalbal river
origin = Guatemala (El Quiché)
mouth = Tributary of the Usumacinta river
basin_countries = Guatemala, Mexico
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The Xalbal River is a river of Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes (at coord|15.497769|-91.132793|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Río Xalbal) in the department of El Quiché, where the river is called Río Xaclbal. The Xaclbal river flows northwards down the tropical lowlands of Ixcan where it is called Río Xalbal (at coord|15.954727|-90.925255|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline,title|name=Río Xalbal), and crosses the border with Mexico, where it joins the Lacantún River, a tributary of the Usumacinta river. The Guatemalan part of Xaclbal river basin covers an area of 1,366 km2. [cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm | publisher= | title=Principales ríos de Guatemala | author=INSIVUMEH | access=2008 | format=]

The village of Xalbal, named after the river, suffered a massacre in 1982. The village was abandoned in March 1982 [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=oca8tA-qEaMC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=Xalbal+&source=web&ots=eYfxRVnIHu&sig=OPJ9CEu4NDfTqcA2wTYB_0qey0c#PPA104,M1 "Journeys of Fear: Refugee Return and National Transformation in Guatemala] pp.104, Retrieved February 24 2008] .

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External links

* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/guatemala_pol00.jpgMap of Guatemala including the river]