Chiquimula (department)

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Chiquimula
Chiquimula
Chiquimula
Coordinates: 14°47′58″N 89°32′37″W / 14.79944, -89.54361
Country Guatemala
Department Chiquimula
Capital Chiquimula
Municipalities 11
Government
 - Type Departmental
 - Governor
Area
 - Department 2,376 km² (917.4 sq mi)
Elevation 424 m (1,391 ft)
Population (Census 2002)[1][2]
 - Department 302,485 (Ranked 14th)
 - Urban 78,631
 - Ethnicities Chorti, Ladino
 - Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Time zone -6 (UTC)

Chiquimula is a department of Guatemala.

[edit] Municipalities

  1. Camotán
  2. Chiquimula
  3. Concepción Las Minas
  4. Esquipulas
  5. Ipala
  6. Jocotán
  7. Olopa
  8. Quezaltepeque
  9. San Jacinto
  10. San José La Arada
  11. San Juan Ermita

[edit] References

  1. ^ XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002). INE (2002).
  2. ^ Comunidad Lingüística Ch'orti'. Academia de Lenguas Mayas (2008).

[edit] External links

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