San Cristóbal Totonicapán is a town, with a population of 36,119,Citypopulation.de
Population of cities & towns in Guatemala and a municipality in the Totonicapán department in the South-Western region of

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. It celebrates its titular party on 25 July. Spanish-born businessman

Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Blanco (14 June 1896 – November 1978) was a Spanish-Guatemalan businessman. He founded the Guatemalan company Corporación Multi Inversiones, as well as its philanthropic organization, Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Foundat ...

migrated to San Cristóbal Totonicapán in the 1920s and began some of his first business ventures there, running a bookstore and making candles. He was eventually elected mayor for a time and helped introduce electricity and other viable infrastructure to the then-small indigenous town, including a bridge over the Samalá River that is still in good, working condition and actively utilized by the community. In addition, his children, including his daughter Isabel, were all born in San Cristóbal Totonicapán.

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Municipalities of the Totonicapán Department {{Guatemala-geo-stub