Quiché Department
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Quiché (Spanish pronunciation: [kiˈtʃe]) is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) people, one of the Maya peoples, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word Kʼicheʼ comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees".
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Quiché Department
Departmento de El Quiché | |
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Department | |
Location in Guatemala Quiché and its neighbors:
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Coordinates: 15°1′48″N 91°9′0″W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Capital | Santa Cruz del Quiché |
Municipalities | 21 |
Government | |
• Type | Departmental |
• Governor | Otto Ervin Macz Hó |
Area | |
• Department | 8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 3,200 m (10,500 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Department | 949,261 |
• Urban | 306,569 |
• Ethnicities | Kʼicheʼ Ixil Uspantek Sakapultek Poqomchiʼ Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Time zone | UTC-6 |
ISO 3166 code | GT-QC |
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