Pachalum

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Pachalum
Pachalum (Guatemala  )
Pachalum
Pachalum
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°55′37″N 90°39′54″W / 14.92694, -90.665
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
Municipality Pachalúm
Government
 - Type Municipal
 - Mayor
Area
 - Municipality 100 km² (38.6 sq mi)
Population (Census 2002)
 - Municipality 7,037
 - Urban 2,042
 - Ethnicities K'iche', Ladino
 - Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya

Pachalúm is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

Pachalúm was previously a village in the municipality of Joyabaj, but was recognized as separate municipality in 1986.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Acuerdo Gubernativo 377-86 of the 27th of June 1986, mentioned in http://pachalum.pa.funpic.org/
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