Chicamán
Chicamán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.
Chicamán | |
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Municipality | |
  Chicamán Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W | |
| Country |  |
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| 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/ |
Tourists may visit the Canyon El Barbudo and the Quatro Chorros waterfalls.[2]
References
- "Map". Mayan Orthodoxy. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "Turismo en el Municipio de Chicamán, Quiché". Inforpressca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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