Quiché Department
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Quiché Department
Departmento de El Quiché | |
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ISO 3166 code | GT-QC |
Quiché (Spanish pronunciation:
Population
Quiché has historically been one of the most populous departments of Guatemala. At the 2018 census it had a population of 949,261.
While most of its indigenous population speaks the
Geography
The topographical composition of Quiché is dominated by the
The principal
Tourism
Places of interest in the department include the town of
A regional museum can be found in Chichicastenango and Nebaj.
Though not as well known as the Santo Tomás church in Chichicastenango most other towns in the department have catholic churches dating from the colonial era.
The Visis Cabá biosphere reserve (450 km2) is the only protected natural reserve in El Quiché. It is located in the North of Chajul, on the communal lands of the Ixil communities. The creation of protected natural reserves is being considered for El Amay[6] in Chicamán and La Vega del Zope in Chinique.[7]
Crime
Crime in the Quiché department is low, the homicide rate of 3 per 100,000 people is more akin to Western Europe than to the Guatemalan region in general.[8]
Municipalities
The department is divided into 21 municipalities:
- Canillá
- Chajul
- Chicamán
- Chiché
- Chichicastenango
- Chinique
- Cunén
- Joyabaj
- Nebaj
- Sacapulas
- Patzité
- Pachalúm
- Ixcán
- San Andrés Sajcabajá
- San Antonio Ilotenango
- San Bartolomé Jocotenango
- San Juan Cotzal
- San Pedro Jocopilas
- Santa Cruz del Quiché
- Uspantán
- Zacualpa
References
- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of departments in Guatemala
- ^ a b "CARACTERIZACIÓN" (PDF). Ine.gob.gt. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Estrategia de reducción de la pobreza departamental, 2003 - Quiché". SEGEPLAN.
- . SEGEPLAN.
- ^ "Cuencas Hidrográficas- El Quiché". Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB). Archived from the original on 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2008-05-25. See also "Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos". INSIVUMEH.
- ^ "Guatemala: Opposition to highway project threatening forest area". WRM's bulletin Nº 58, May, 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ The Visis Cabá biosphere reserve, also known as Biósfera Ixil, is located in the North-East of Chajul, on the communal lands of the Ixil communities. See also Romeo Tiu López. "Mayan Spirituality and Lands in Guatemala" (PDF). Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, vol 211, 2004 (University of Arizona). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2006.
- ^ Valencia, Roberto (15 Oct 2018). "Guatemala: el brutal castigo con el que la ciudad de Chichicastenango previene los homicidios en la región con más homicidios del mundo" [Guatemala: the brutal punishment with which the city of Chichicastenango prevents homicides in the region with the most homicides in the world]. BBC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 Oct 2018.
External links
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