Tiquisate

Tiquisate
Country Guatemala
Department Escuintla Department
Area[1]
 • Total 131 sq mi (338 km2)
Elevation 299 ft (91 m)
Climate Am

Tiquisate (Spanish pronunciation: [tikiˈsate]) is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.[1] The area is a major center of banana production, and the Tiquisate banana workers formed Guatemala's first private sector union in 1944.[2]

Tiquisate had a population of 57,558 in 2012, up from 33667 in 1994.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Plan Integral de Desarrollo, Tiquisate – Escuintila (in Spanish). 2005. p. 20. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. ↑ Guatemala: dawn of a new banana age? "Guatemala: Dawn of a New Banana Age?" (PDF). 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. ↑ Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (2013). "Diagnóstico, Socioeconómico, Potencialidades Productivas y Propuestas de Inversión: Municipio de Tiquisate Departamento de Escuintila" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-25.

Coordinates: 14°17′N 91°22′W / 14.283°N 91.367°W / 14.283; -91.367

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