Quezaltepeque () is a

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, with a population of 28,075 (2018 census)Citypopulation.de
Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala and an area of 239 km², in the

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 ...

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. The local economy is based on agriculture. Agricultural products include coffee, maize and beans. As of 1993, there was a working telegraph terminal there in the post office.

Etymology

''Quetzaltepēc'' is

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for "At the

quetzal Quetzals () are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family. They are found in forests, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus ''Pharomachrus'' being exclusively Neotropical, while a single species, the eared quet ...

-feather hill". The

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spelled it Quesaltpeque, in the 19th century.

Population

As of 1850, the municipality had an estimated population of 4,000.

References

{{Chiquimula Department Municipalities of the Chiquimula Department