Quiché Depairtment
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El Quiché is a depairtment o Guatemala.
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El Quiché | |
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Department | |
El Quiché | |
Coordinates: 15°1′48″N 91°9′0″W | |
Kintra | Guatemala |
Depairtment | Quiché Depairtment |
Caipital | Santa Cruz del Quiché |
Municipalities | 21 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Departmental |
• Govrenor | Miguel Ángel Medrano Bulux |
Area | |
• Department | 8378 km2 (3,235 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 3200 m (10,500 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
• Department | 655,510 |
• Urban | 161,591 |
• Ethnicities | K'iche' Ixil Uspantek Sakapultek Poqomchi' Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Time zone | -6 |
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El Quiché depairtment is in the hertland o the Quiché (K'iche') fowk, tae the northwast o Guatemala Ceety. The caipital is Santa Cruz del Quiché.