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Santa Cruz del Quiché
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Santa Cruz del Quiché is a ceety in Guatemala. It serves as the caipital o El Quiché depairtment an the municipal seat o Santa Cruz del Quiché municipality.
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Santa Cruz del Quiché | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Santa Cruz del Quiché, 2007 | |
Coordinates: 15°1′48″N 91°9′0″W | |
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Depairtment | El Quiché |
Municipality | Santa Cruz del Quiché |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipal |
Area | |
• Municipality | 311 km2 (120 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2021 m (6,631 ft) |
Highest elevation | 2500 m (8,200 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 1500 m (4,900 ft) |
Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
• Municipality | 62,369 |
• Urban | 20,870 |
• Ethnicities | K'iche' Ladino |
• Releegions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Website | http://www.inforpressca.com/quiche/ |
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The ceety is locatit at 15.03°N 91.15°W / 15.03; -91.15, at an elevation o 2,021 m (6,631 feet) abuin sea level. The urban population wis aboot 21,000 fowk in 2003.