La Esperanza is a
municipality
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 go ...
in the
Quetzaltenango department
Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango, the second largest city in Guatemala.Rouanet et al 1992, p.14. The department is divided up into 24 municipalities. The inhabitants ...
of
Guatemala. It covers an area of 15.9 km
2 at an altitude of 2465 metres. This municipality was founded on April 7th 1910.
References
External links
La Esperanza website
Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department
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