Chicamán

Chicamán
Municipality
Chicamán

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W / 15.34833°N 90.79944°W / 15.34833; -90.79944Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W / 15.34833°N 90.79944°W / 15.34833; -90.79944
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
Municipality Chicamán
Established as a municipality 1984
Government
  Type Municipal
  Mayor Diego Us (PP)
Area
  Municipality 199 sq mi (516 km2)
Elevation 4,820 ft (1,470 m)
Highest elevation 7,306 ft (2,227 m)
Lowest elevation 1,601 ft (488 m)
Population (Census 2002)
  Municipality 25,280
  Urban 1,893
  Ethnicities Poqomchi', Uspantek, K'iche' , K'ekchi, Ladino
  Religions Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy,[1] Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Climate Cfb
Website http://www.inforpressca.com/chicamanq/

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

Tourists may visit the Canyon El Barbudo and the Quatro Chorros waterfalls.[2]

References

  1. http://www.mayanorthodoxy.com/map/
  2. "Turismo en el Municipio de Chicamán, Quiché" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-01-17.

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