Chiquimula is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala, in Central America. The departmental capital is also called Chiquimula. The department was established
October 2015. SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamentodeChiquimula". Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia (in Spanish). Guatemala
Alto and the municipality of Totonicapán, to the East with Santa María Chiquimula, and to the West with San Carlos Sija (Quezaltenango). The municipality's
Xilotepeque on the West, those of Mixco and las Vacas on the North, and by the Chiquimula province and the South and East. The town was described as a rich town