Sololá Department

Coordinates: 14°46′N 91°11′W / 14.767°N 91.183°W / 14.767; -91.183
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Sololá Department
Departmento de Sololá
View of Volcán Atitlán
View of Volcán Atitlán
UTC-6
ISO 3166 codeGT-SO
Lake Atitlán from Panajachel

Sololá is a

Lake Atitlan
is a key feature surrounded by a number of the municipalities.

Municipalities

  1. Concepción
  2. Nahualá
  3. Panajachel
  4. San Andrés Semetabaj
  5. San Antonio Palopó
  6. San José Chacayá
  7. San Juan La Laguna
  8. San Lucas Tolimán
  9. San Marcos La Laguna
  10. San Pablo La Laguna
  11. San Pedro La Laguna
  12. Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
  13. Santa Catarina Palopó
  14. Santa Clara La Laguna
  15. Santa Cruz La Laguna
  16. Santa Lucía Utatlán
  17. Santa María Visitación
  18. Santiago Atitlán
  19. Sololá

Population

As of 2018, the department had a population of 421,583.

K'iche' accounted for 35.3%.[3] Indigenous people in total account for 96.5% of the department's population.[3]

Economy

With fertile

cherries, cherimoya, peaches, and pears. Livestock is also common, including sheep. Since 1850, the region has had a large wool industry.[2]

Ecology

The area is

Lago de Atitlán
is located in Sololá.

Sports

Saprissa de Guatemala is Solola's main football team and the most famous club in the department.

Geography

Sololá has an area of 1,061 km²

References

  1. ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of departments in Guatemala
  2. ^ a b c Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. pp. 80–83.
  3. ^ a b c d "CARACTERIZACIÓN" (PDF). Ine.gob.gt. Retrieved 14 October 2017.