Huehuetenango Depairtment

Huehuetenango
Depairtment
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Depairtment o Huehuetenango
Coordinates: 15°18′51″N 91°28′33″W / 15.31417°N 91.47583°W / 15.31417; -91.47583
Kintra	Guatemala
Depairtment	Huehuetenango
Caipital	Huehuetenango
Municipalities	31
Govrenment
• Teep	Depaortmental
Area
• Depairtment	7403 km2 (2,858 sq mi)
Highest elevation	3352 m (10,997 ft)
Lowest elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (Census 2002)[1]
• Depairtment	846,544
• Urban	192,099
• Ethnicities	Mam Q'anjob'al Chuj Jakaltek Tektik Awakatek Chalchitek Akatek K'iche Ladino
• Religions	Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
Time zone	-6

Huehuetenango is ane o the 22 depairtments o Guatemala. It is situatit in the wastren heichlands an shares borders wi México in the north an wast; wi El Quiché in the east, wi Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango, an San Marcos tae the sooth. The caipital is the ceety o Huehuetenango.^[2]

Huehuetenango's ethnic composition is ane o the maist diverse in Guatemala. While the Mam are predominant in the depairtment, ither Maya groups are the Q'anjob'al, Chuj, Jakaltek, Tektik, Awakatek, Chalchitek, Akatek an K'iche'. Each o thir nine Maya ethnic groups speaks thair awn leid.^[3][4]

1. ↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2008.
2. ↑ ITMB 2005.
3. ↑ "Departamentos de Guatemala - Huehuetenango". Servicio de Información Municipal (SIM). Retrieved 2008. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help). Rouanet et al 1992, pp.4-5. Rodríguez L., p.v. Díaz Camposeco et al 2008, pp.17, 19.
4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EthnologueAkateko