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San José, Escuintla
San José is a small town where the weather is usually hot. It is a municipality in the Escuintla 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 .... The municipal seat is the port city of Puerto San José the old port. The municipality also contains Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala's main Pacific Ocean port. Municipalities of the Escuintla Department {{Guatemala-geo-stub ...
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Municipalities Of Guatemala
The departments of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ..., or ''municipios''. The municipalities are listed below, by department. List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Municipalities Of Guatemala Subdivisions of Guatemala Guatemala, Municipalities Guatemala 2 Municipalities, Guatemala Guatemala geography-related lists ...
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Escuintla Department
Escuintla () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital of the department is the city of Escuintla. Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region, directly south of Guatemala City, and bordered by the Pacific Ocean. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product of Guatemala. Municipalities # Escuintla # Guanagazapa # Iztapa # La Democracia # La Gomera # Masagua # Nueva Concepción # Palín # San José # San Vicente Pacaya # Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa # Sipacate # Siquinalá # Tiquisate Tiquisate () is a town, with a population of 29,193 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country i ... Museums * Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia Notes External linksInteractive department map {{Authority control Departments of Guatemala ...
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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 t ...
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Puerto San José
Puerto San José is a town on Guatemala's Pacific Ocean coast, in the department of Escuintla. It has a population of 23,887 (2018 census),Citypopulation.de
Population of cities and municipalities in Guatemala making it the largest town along the Pacific coast of Guatemala. It was the Pacific
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Puerto Quetzal
Puerto Quetzal is Guatemala's largest Pacific Ocean port. It is important for both cargo traffic and as a stop-off point for cruise liners. It is located in Escuintla department, alongside the city of Puerto San José, which it superseded as a port in importance to the country's maritime traffic during the 20th century. File:Puerto Quetzal at dusk.jpg, Puerto Quetzal at dusk March 2018 See also * Transport in Guatemala Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land ... External links * Puerto Quetzal Port Authority*http://www.puerto-quetzal.com/web/guest/inicio Populated places in the Escuintla Department Ports and harbours of Guatemala Port settlements in Central America {{guatemala-geo-stub ...
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, larger than Earth's entire land area combined .Pacific Ocean
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