Huehuetenango Department
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Huehuetenango is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It is located in the western highlands and shares the borders with the Mexican state of Chiapas in the north and west; with El Quiché in the east, and Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango and San Marcos in the south. The capital is the city of Huehuetenango.[2]
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Huehuetenango Department
Departmento de Huehuetenango | |
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Huehuetenango and its neighbors: Clockwise, to the east,
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Coordinates: 15°18′51″N 91°28′33″W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Capital | Huehuetenango |
Municipalities | 31 |
Government | |
• Type | Departmental |
Area | |
• Department of Guatemala | 7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 3,352 m (10,997 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Department of Guatemala | 1,170,669 |
• Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
• Urban | 327,297 |
• Ethnicities | Mam Q'anjob'al Chuj Jakaltek Tektik Awakatek Chalchitek Akatek K'iche Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Time zone | UTC-6 |
ISO 3166 code | GT-HU |
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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.[3][4]