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San Jacinto, Chiquimula
San Jacinto () is a municipality, in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H .... It has a population of 12,619 (2018 census) Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala and cover an area of 72 km2. References {{coord, 14, 40, N, 89, 30, W, source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Municipalities of the Chiquimula Department ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Guatemala
The Departments of Guatemala, departments of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipality, municipalities, or ''municipios''. The municipalities are listed below, by department. List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Municipalities Of Guatemala Municipalities of Guatemala, Subdivisions of Guatemala Lists of administrative divisions, Guatemala, Municipalities Administrative divisions in North America, Guatemala 2 Second-level administrative divisions by country, Municipalities, Guatemala Guatemala geography-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiquimula Department
Chiquimula is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala, in Central America.INE 2002, p. 12. The departmental capital is also called Chiquimula.Hernández and González 2004. The department was established by decree in 1871, and forms a part of the northeastern region of Guatemala. Physically, it is mountainous, with a climate that varies between tropical and temperate, depending on the location. History At the time of Spanish contact, Chiquimula was part of the indigenous kingdom of Chiquimulha, or Payaqui, governed from its capital at Copanti (now Copan, in Honduras). This kingdom also included portions of Honduras and El Salvador.SEGEPLAN 2001, p. 12. The name Chiquimula is derived from the Nahuatl ''chiquimoltlān'', from ''chiquimolin'' meaning "finches" with the locative suffix ''-tlān'', to mean "place of many finches". Chiquimula de la Sierra ("Chiquimula in the Highlands"), occupying the area of the modern department, was inhabited by Ch'orti' Maya at the time of the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
