Palín, Escuintla
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Palín | |
Location in Guatemala | |
Coordinates: | |
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Country | Guatemala |
Department | Escuintla |
Municipality | Palín |
Government | |
- Type | Municipal |
- Mayor | |
Area | |
- Municipality | 88 km² (34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,147 m (3,763 ft) |
Population (census 2002)[1] | |
- Municipality | 36,756 |
- Urban | 24,680 |
- Ethnicities | Ladino, Poqomam |
- Religions | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism |
Website: http://www.munidepalin.com/ |
Palín is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The town of Palín, which is the municipal seat, is located on the foothills of the Sierra Madre volcanic chain, South of Guatemala-City.
Palín was formally established as a municipality in 1935.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002). Insituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (2002).
- ^ Municipalidad de Palín - Historia. Municipalidad de Palín (2007).