Huehuetenango Department
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/22964
- Note
- "Huehuetenango is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It is situated in the western highlands and shares borders with the Mexican state of Chiapas in the north and west; with El Quiché in the east, with Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango and San Marcos to the south. The capital is the city of Huehuetenango.
Huehuetenango´s ethnic composition is one of the most diverse in Guatemala. While the Mam are predominant in the department, other Maya groups are the Q´anjob´al, Chuj, Jakaltek, Tektik, Awakatek, Chalchitek, Akatek and K´iche´. Each of these nine Maya ethnic groups speaks its own language." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021) - Latitude
- 15.314167022705
- Longitude
- -91.475830078125
- Population
- 846,544
- Time zone
- America/Guatemala
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