Chicamán

Chicamán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

Chicamán
Municipality
Chicamán
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
MunicipalityChicamán
Established as a municipality1984
Government
  TypeMunicipal
  MayorDiego Us (PP)
Area
  Municipality199 sq mi (516 km2)
Elevation
4,820 ft (1,470 m)
Highest elevation
7,306 ft (2,227 m)
Lowest elevation
1,601 ft (488 m)
Population
 (Census 2002)
  Municipality25,280
  Urban
1,893
  Ethnicities
Poqomchi' Uspantek K'iche' K'ekchi Ladino
  Religions
Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy[1] Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateCfb
Websitehttp://www.inforpressca.com/chicamanq/

Tourists may visit the Canyon El Barbudo and the Quatro Chorros waterfalls.[2]

References

  1. "Map". Mayan Orthodoxy. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Turismo en el Municipio de Chicamán, Quiché". Inforpressca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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