Why does La Antigua Guatemala now have more aldeas?
![View of Antigua from one of its new aldeas, El Hato (guido lucci)](https://www.revuemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/06-hato-by-guido-400x280.jpg)
Most cities in Guatemala were founded in the 1540s as part of the Spanish territorial “order.” Today municipalities are divided into various categories of smaller urban areas: aldeas, caserios, barrios, colonias and lotificaciones. While aldea may be translated as a village, aldeas are not necessarily occupied by Mayas, as La Antigua Guatemala, in fact, has no Maya inhabitants. Antigua has […]
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