La Esperanza is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Quetzaltenango department of
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. It covers an area of 15.9 km
2 at an altitude of 2465 metres. This municipality was founded on April 7, 1910.
References
External links
La Esperanza website
Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department
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