Chiquimula Department

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Chiquimula
Department
Chiquimula
Coordinates: 14°47′58″N 89°32′37″W / 14.79944°N 89.54361°W / 14.79944; -89.54361Coordinates: 14°47′58″N 89°32′37″W / 14.79944°N 89.54361°W / 14.79944; -89.54361
Country Guatemala
Department Chiquimula
Capital Chiquimula
Municipalities 11
Government
 • Type Departmental
Area
 • Department 2,376 km2 (917 sq mi)
Elevation 424 m (1,391 ft)
Population (Census 2002)[1][2]
 • Department 302,485 (Ranked 14th)
 • Urban 78,631
 • Ethnicities Chorti, Ladino
 • Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Time zone -6
ISO 3166 code GT-CQ

Chiquimula is a department of Guatemala, in Central America.

Population

As of 1850, the population was an estimated 80,000.[3]

Governance

Municipalities

  1. Camotán
  2. Chiquimula
  3. Concepción Las Minas
  4. Esquipulas
  5. Ipala
  6. Jocotán
  7. Olopa
  8. Quezaltepeque
  9. San Jacinto
  10. San José La Arada
  11. San Juan Ermita

Economy

Historically, tobacco was the departments main industry. The area also produced maize, rice, cotton, and beans. Sugar cane was also produced, which was used primarily to make chicha. Cattle, horses and mules were also raised.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. 
  2. ↑ "Comunidad Lingüística Ch'orti'". Academia de Lenguas Mayas. 2008. Retrieved 2008. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 88. 
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