Tiquisate () is a town, with a population of 29,193 (2018 census), and a
municipality in the
Escuintla department of
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
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The area is a major center of banana production, and the Tiquisate banana workers formed Guatemala's first private sector union in 1944.
Tiquisate Municipality has a population of 57,292 in 2018, up from 33,667 in 1994.
References
Municipalities of the Escuintla Department
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