Quetzaltenango | |
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Quetzaltenango | |
Coordinates: 14°50′45″N 91°31′08″W / 14.84583°N 91.51889°W | |
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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 |
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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