Jutiapa Department is a department of

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that borders along

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and the

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. The capital is the city of

Jutiapa Jutiapa is a city and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala. Located 124 km from the city of Guatemala City, at an altitude of 892 m (2,926 ft), it is the capital of the department of Jutiapa. Its Catedral San Crist ...

. As of 2018, it has a population of 488,395. The department is divided into seventeen municipalities. Jutiapa is the country's southeasternmost department and officially the only department with no Mayan descendants native to the region. The main

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are

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and

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. The

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is dry. An important attraction is the cattle fair. It is at 405 m above

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. The population is ethnically "Ladino" (of European descent & non Mayan-indigenous), though in the northern regions of Jutiapa there are few descendants that once belonged to the Xinca population. The Xinca people were of non-Mayan descent. The

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contains the

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symbolizing Jutiapa as the

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of the East, supplying Guatemala with most of the grain consumed by the people. The horse and the cow represent the cattle; the books stand for educational and cultural advances. In the background sits La Cruz hill, the firm guardian of the departmental chief town, with the tower or antenna of a Jutiapa radio station. Behind the hill float the clouds, the sky and the sun of Jutiapa, "The Sun City". This coat of arms is placed on the flag between two

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branches symbolizing the daily triumphs of the sons of Jutiapa. The flag is mainly white, showing in its center the coat of arms adapted and adroned, between two laurel branches. Jutiapa was subject to

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monitoring in the lead-up to the CIA's successful coup d'état deposing the democratically elected Guatemalan President

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Municipalities

# Agua Blanca #

Asunción Mita Asunción Mita () is a town, with a population of 20,936 (2018),Citypopulation.de
Population of cities & tow ...

Atescatempa Atescatempa is a town and municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to ...

# Comapa # Conguaco #

El Adelanto El Adelanto () is a small town and municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala. The population as of 2023 is 8,457. Geography El Adelanto is located in southeastern Guatemala, 150 km from Guatemala City and 32 km southeast of ...

El Progreso El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 120,600 (2023 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Yoro (department), Yoro. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Su ...

Jalpatagua Jalpatagua () is a town and municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, t ...

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# Moyuta #

Pasaco Pasaco () is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala, located near the Pacific Ocean on the Border with El Salvador. History It was originally formed when a group of Aztecs broke off at the arrival of Hernán Cortés, and went fur ...

# Quesada # San José Acatempa #

Santa Catarina Mita Santa Catarina Mita is a town, with a population of 14,520 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the nort ...

Yupiltepeque Yupiltepeque is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east ...

# Zapotitlán

References

External links

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