Suchitepéquez () is one of the 22
departments of
Guatemala. Its capital is
Mazatenango.
It is situated in the southwestern region of
Guatemala, bordering
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is both the seat of the namesake Department and municipality, in Guatemala.
The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. It m ...
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Sololá __NOTOC__
Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality. It is located close to Lake Atitlan.
The name is a Hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one sp ...
, and
to the north, the
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 contin ...
to the south,
Escuintla
Escuintla () is an industrial city in Guatemala, its land extension is 4384 km², and it is nationally known for its sugar agribusiness. Its capital is a minicipality with the same name. Citizens celebrate from December 6 to 9 with a small fair ...
to the east, and
Retalhuleu
The city of Retalhuleu () is situated in south-western Guatemala. It is the departmental seat of Retalhuleu Department as well as the municipal seat of Retalhuleu Municipality.
Retalhuleu stands at about 240 metres above sea level. The city has a ...
to the west.
Municipalities
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Chicacao
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Cuyotenango
Cuyotenango is a town and municipality in the Suchitepéquez 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 nor ...
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Mazatenango
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Patulul
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Pueblo Nuevo
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Río Bravo
The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.
The length of the Rio G ...
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Samayac
Samayac is a town and municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It lies at an elevation of 615 metres above sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth' ...
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San Antonio Suchitepéquez San Antonio Suchitepéquez () is a town, with a population of 13,666 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. The municipality is located at an elevation of 300 metres to 500 metres above sea level
Mean s ...
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San Bernardino
San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...
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San Gabriel
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San José El Idolo
San José El Idolo () is a municipality in the Suchitepéquez 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 n ...
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San Juan Bautista
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San Lorenzo, Suchitepéquez San Lorenzo () is a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It is situated at 220 m above sea level
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San Miguel Panán
San Miguel Panán () is a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It is situated at 730 m above sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal ...
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Santa Bárbara
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Santo Domingo Suchitepequez
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Santo Tomás La Unión
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Zunilito
References
External links
Interactive department map
Departments of Guatemala
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