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 | name = Chicabal Lake
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 | location = Quetzaltenango
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 | type = [[Earth:Volcanic crater lake|Crater lake]]
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 | basin_countries = Guatemala
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'''Chicabal Lake''' ({{lang-es|links=no|Laguna de Chicabal}}) is a Guatemalan [[Earth:Lake|lake]] sacred to the Mam Mayan people. The lake is located in the municipal boundary of the town of San Martín Sacatepéquez in the department of Quetzaltenango. A [[Earth:Volcanic crater lake|crater lake]], Chicabal Lake was formed in the crater of Volcán Chicabal at an elevation of 2,712 meters (8,879 feet). The terrain surrounding the lake is a [[Biology:Cloud forest|cloud forest]].

Chicabal Lake is billed as the center of the Mam-Maya "cosmovision", and Mayan traditionalists still use the several altars on the lake shore. Restrictions are placed on visiting the lake during the early part of May so that Mam people can celebrate their traditional ceremonies without disturbance. Because of its spiritual importance, swimming is prohibited in Chicabal Lake.

[[Category:Volcanic crater lakes|Chicabal]]



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