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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