Chimaltenango is a
department
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Government and military
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of
Guatemala. The capital is
.
Geography
Located to the east are
Guatemala Department
Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City and several of its suburbs.
The department covers a surface are ...
, home to
Guatemala City
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, and
Sacatepéquez Department
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, while also bordered by
Quiché Department
Quiché () is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the K'iche' (Quiché) people, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word K'iche comes from the language of the same name, which means " ...
and
Baja Verapaz Department
Baja Verapaz () is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Salamá.
Baja Verapaz contains the Mario Dary Biotope Preserve, preserving the native flora and fauna of the region, especially the endangered national bird of Guatemala, the Resple ...
to the north,
Escuintla Department
Escuintla () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital of the department is the city of Escuintla. Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region, directly south of Guatemala City, and bord ...
and
Suchitepéquez Department
Suchitepéquez () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its capital is Mazatenango.
It is situated in the southwestern region of Guatemala, bordering Quetzaltenango, Sololá, and Chimaltenango to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the sou ...
to the south, and
Sololá Department
Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá. Lake Atitlan is a key feature surrounded by a number of the municipalities.
Municipalities
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to the west. The capital of Chimaltenango is located about 54 kilometers away from Guatemala City.
In addition to the city of Chimaltenango, the department contains the towns of Santa Apolonia (known for its
ceramics
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, ...
), San Juan Comalapa, and Patzún (known for its elaborate
Corpus Christi celebrations in June). Chimaltenango is also home to the
Maya civilization
The Maya civilization () of the Mesoamerican people is known by its ancient temples and glyphs. Its Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. It is also noted for its art, ar ...
ruins of
Iximché
Iximcheʼ () (or Iximché using Spanish orthography) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala. Iximche was the capital of the Late Postclassic Kaqchikel Maya kingdom from 1470 until its abandon ...
and
Mixco Viejo
Mixco Viejo () ("Old Mixco"), occasionally spelt Mixcu Viejo, is an archaeological site in the north east of the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala, some to the north of Guatemala City and from the junction of the rivers Pixcaya and Mot ...
, in addition to many smaller sites.
Demographics
As of the 2018 census, the population of Chimaltenango department was 615,776.
The majority of the people in the department are of
Cakchiquel Maya descent. The department has an area of 1,979 km².
There are several humanitarian aid groups that provide services in Chimaltenango.
Municipalities
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Acatenango
Acatenango is a stratovolcano in Guatemala, close to the city of Antigua. The volcano has two peaks, ''Pico Mayor'' (Highest Peak) and ''Yepocapa'' (3,880 m) which is also known as Tres Hermanas (Three Sisters). Acatenango is joined with Volc� ...
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Patzún
Patzún () is a town, with a population of 26,632 (2018 census)Citypopulation.de
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Pochuta
Pochuta is a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala.
History and general information
The town was known as "San Miguel Pochuta" during the Spanish colony and was elevated to a municipality in 1921. It has an area of 170&nbs ...
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San Andrés Itzapa
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San José Poaquil
San José Poaquil is a town and municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala
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San Juan Comalapa
San Juan Comalapa is a town, with a population of 32,312 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala.
San Juan Comalapa is sometimes called the "Florence of America", because of the many Kaqchikel painters livi ...
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San Martín Jilotepeque
San Martín Jilotepeque is a town, with a population of 10,812 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala. It was the site of a bus accident in 2013.
History
Doctrine of Order of Preachers
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Santa Apolonia
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Santa Cruz Balanyá
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Yepocapa
Yepocapa, also known as San Pedro Yepocapa, is a town with a population of 17,021 (2018 census),Citypopulation.de< ...
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Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tribut ...
The department abbreviation is CMT.
References
External links
CHIMALTENANGOInteractive department map
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Departments of Guatemala