Quetzaltenango Depairtment
Quetzaltenango is a depairtment in the wastren heichlands o Guatemala. The caipital is the ceety o Quetzaltenango, the seicont lairgest ceety in Guatemala.[2] The depairtment is dividit up intae 24 municipalities. The inhabitants include Spaingie-speakin Ladinos an the K'iche' an Mam Maya groups, baith wi their awn Maya leid. The depairtment consists o muntainous terrain, wi its principal river being the Samalá River.
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| Coordinates: 14°50′45″N 91°31′08″W / 14.84583°N 91.51889°W | |
| Kintra |  Guatemala |
| Depairtment | Quetzaltenango |
| Caipital | Quetzaltenango (Xelajú) |
| Municipalities | 24 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Depairtmental |
| • Govrenor | Dora Otilia Alcahé López[1] |
| Elevation | 2333 m (7,654 ft) |
| Population (Census 2002) | |
| • Depairtment | 624,716 |
| • Urban | 344,858 |
| • Ethnicities | K'iche' Mam Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Time zone | -6 |
Notes
eedit- ↑ El Quetzalteco 14 February 2012
- ↑ Rouanet et al 1992, p.14.
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