Chisec
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| Chisec | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Chisec | |
| Coordinates: 15°48′45″N 90°19′18″W / 15.81250°N 90.32167°W | |
| Country |
 Guatemala |
| Department | Alta Verapaz |
| Municipality | Chisec |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 69,325 |
| • Urban | 12,775 |
| • Ethnicities | Q'eqchi', Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
| Website | http://munichisec.gob.gt/ |
Chisec is a municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz that was founded in 1813. It is situated at 230m above sea level at 15°48′45″N 90°17′18″W / 15.812570°N 90.288391°WCoordinates: 15°48′45″N 90°17′18″W / 15.812570°N 90.288391°W. The municipality covers a territory of 1488 km². Approximately 95% of the municipality's inhabitants are Mayan, spread over the town of Chisec and approximately 140 communities. (There used to be closer to 240 communities, but a number of these have officially split off to the new municipality of Raxruha, created by the Guatemalan Congress in 2008.) Q'eqchi' is widely spoken there alongside Spanish.
References
External links
- Muni in Spanish
- INE - XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)
- Visit Chisec
- Community based ecotourism in Chisec
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