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Chisec
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Chisec is a municipality in the north o the Guatemalan depairtment o Alta Verapaz that wis foondit in 1813. The municipality covers a territory o 1488 km². Approximately 95% o the municipality's inhabitants are Mayan, spread ower the toun o Chisec an approximately 140 commonties. (Thare uised tae be closer tae 240 commonties, but a nummer o these hae offeecially split aff tae the new municipality o Raxruha, creatit bi the Guatemalan Congress in 2008.) Q'eqchi' is widely spoken thare alangside Spaingie.
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Chisec | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 15°48′45″N 90°19′18″W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Depairtment | Alta Verapaz |
Municipality | Chisec |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipal |
Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
• Municipality | 69,325 |
• Urban | 12,775 |
• Ethnicities | Q'eqchi' Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Website | http://munichisec.gob.gt/ |
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