Talk:Antigua Guatemala

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Is the name of the city "Antigua Guatemala" or is it a city named "Antigua" in the country "Guatemala" (in which case it should be at Antigua, Guatemala. Tokerboy 23:44 Dec 4, 2002 (UTC)

My Hammond Citation Atlas has it as Antigua. -- Zoe

I believe it is officially "Antigua Guatemala", which means Old Guatemala, as this was the city called Guatemala before the present Guatemala City. Locally it is often called "La Antigua", and I sometimes heard "Guatemala la Antigua". IMO the name should stay as it is, and Antigua, Guatemala be made into a redirect, which I will do immediately. -- Infrogmation

It is officially "La Antigua Guatemala". I was just there and I'll try to dig up some literature to cite in the article. TenaciousT 23:03, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information?

Someone posted recently (more recently than the most recent edit) on a blog, in a general attack on Wikipedia, that "Much of the time the information is just wrong, as it the case of the entry for Antigua, Guatemala." [1]. He doesn't, however, specify any particular inaccuracies. Nothing in the article stands out to me as wrong, but I've added an "unreferenced" tag to it so that the information in it can be verified. --LostLeviathan 01:26, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

He identifies himself as Nicolas Martin. He wrote again and complained specifically about the history [2], so I tagged that section. <>< tbc 19:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I improved the section, maybe now is more accurate and is time to remove the tag. Gtrojan 20:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is Antigua Guatemala

I'll refer you to the city government's website: http://www.munideantigua.com/antigua.htm

As I remember from my third grade civics text book (I'm Guatemalan), the official name is "Antigua Guatemala," which could be transalted as either "Old Guatemala" or "Former Guatemala." This is because, as the article explains, it was the colonial capital of Guatemala until it was moved in the late 18th century to it's current location. So today we have "Ciudad de Guatemala" and "Ciudad de la Antigua Guatemala". Sometimes, and mostly for the sake of tradition, the two cities are respectively called "Guatemala de la Asuncion" and "Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala." It is incorrect in Spanish to use the article, "El" or "La," as part of the name of a city or country. The only country that keeps the article as an official part of its name is El Salvador.

So keep it as it is, "Antigua Guatemala." And fix the part about it meaning "City of the Antiquity of Guatemala." That's a ridiculous translation. If it were that, the city would be called "Ciudad de la Antiguedad de Guatemala," which sounds way too pretentious, and most Guatemalans would surely make fun of it.

Constantinodd 19:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Oficial Name is La Antigua Guatemala

TenaciousT has it right. The name is La Antigua Guatemala. If you visit the City Hall site you can see the name has three elements: (1) La (2) Antigua (3) Guatemala. Which roughly traslate at The Old Guatemala.

Information about Volcan de Agua is inaccurate

In this article, it is mentioned that the reason that the "Water" Volcano (Volcan de Agua) is that the volcano had the crater filled with water, and that water came out of there when the former capital city was destroyed. The article Volcán de Agua has a more accurate description of the reasons for that name.

Time and weather?

Is this spam site link really appropriate?

this is a good place and this is a good information of this article but a don`t see what is his religion? what is his culture? what is his tipical cloth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.230.129.130 (talk) 23:04, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Climate? Air pollution? Safety?

Climate? Air pollution? Safety? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.166.205.145 (talk) 17:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Climate: perfect. Air pollution: negligible. Safety: variable. This is not a travel guide but I thought I'd add these comments for the satisfaction of whoever asked the question. 71.194.38.54 (talk) 08:07, 22 January 2010 (UTC)Larry Siegel[reply]