page_title: Pajapita
section_title: Panamerican Railroad of Guatemala
hierarchical_section_title: Pajapita / Transport / Panamerican Railroad of Guatemala
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Физическая карта Гватемалы Проекция — равноугольная цилиндрическая Координаты краёв карты: | top = 18.0436 | bottom = 13.5235 | left = -92.3592 | right = -88.0458
context_page_description: Pajapita is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.It was created on 31 May 1920, after the station of Vado Ancho on the Panamerican Railroad of Guatemala was built. Due to its privileged location on the way from Guatemala to Mexico, Pajapita enjoyed considerable development while the Guatemalan railways were owned by International Railways of Central America
context_section_description: Pajapita started developing with the construction of the Vado Ancho railroad terminal in the 1900s.  On April 18, 1902, thanks to his excellent personal rapport with then president Manuel Estrada Cabrera, pharmacist and writer Antonio Macías del Real won the concession to build the Panamerican Railroad of Guatemala sections between Las Cruces, Retalhuleu and Vado Ancho in Pajapita; however, he could not finish the line to Coatepeque in Quetzaltenango Department and had to give away his rights to the Central Railway Company, who finished the section. The original contract with Macías del Real had been extremely generous and had been signed by the lieutenant secretary of Economy, José Flamenco and approved by Estrada Cabrera; the contract authorized the exclusivity on the construction and usage of the railroad for twenty four years, counting from the moment the section was open to the public. Besides, Macías del Real and his descendants would have enjoyed the revenue from the railway for 99 years, after which the line was supposed to go back to the State of Guatemala.
caption: Stations and stretches of the Panamerican Railroad that had been given in concession to Antonio Macías del Real in 1902.
  
  Vado Ancho, Pajapita, San Marcos
  Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango
  Caballo Blanco, Retalhuleu
  Las Cruces, Retalhuleu
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