San Bartolomé Jocotenango

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San Bartolomé Jocotenango
San Bartolomé Jocotenango (Guatemala  )
San Bartolomé Jocotenango
San Bartolomé Jocotenango
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°11′34″N 91°03′99″W / 15.19278, -91.0775
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
Municipality San Bartolomé Jocotenango
Government
 - Type Municipal
 - Mayor
Area
 - Municipality 47.5 sq mi (123 km²)
Elevation 5,003 ft (1,525 m)
Population (Census 2002)
 - Municipality 8,639
 - Urban 1,312
 - Ethnicities K'iche' (99%), Ladino (1%)
 - Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Website: http://www.inforpressca.com/quiche/

San Bartolomé Jocotenango is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

The celebrations for the town's patron saint, San Bartolomé Apóstol, are on 22-25 of August.

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