Quetzaltenango (department)

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Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango
Coordinates: 14°50′45″N 91°31′08″W / 14.84583, -91.51889
Country Guatemala
Department Quetzaltenango
Capital Quetzaltenango (Xelajú)
Municipalities 24
Government
 - Type Departmental
 - Governor
Elevation 7,654 ft (2,333 m)
Population (Census 2002)
 - Department 624,716
 - Urban 344,858
 - Ethnicities K'iche', Mam, Ladino
 - Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Time zone -6 (UTC)

Quetzaltenango is a department in Guatemala. The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango, the second-largest city in Guatemala.

[edit] Municipalities

  1. Almolonga
  2. Cabricán
  3. Cajolá
  4. Cantel
  5. Coatepeque
  6. Colomba
  7. Concepción Chiquirichapa
  8. El Palmar
  9. Flores Costa Cuca
  10. Génova
  11. Huitán
  12. La Esperanza
  13. Olintepeque
  14. Ostuncalco
  15. Palestina de Los Altos
  16. Quetzaltenango
  17. Salcajá
  18. San Carlos Sija
  19. San Francisco La Unión
  20. San Martín Sacatepéquez
  21. San Mateo
  22. San Miguel Sigüilá
  23. Sibilia
  24. Zunil

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