Santiago Chimaltenango
Santiago Chimaltenango is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. Named in honor of the Apostle St James. The annual celebrations are from July 21 to July 25. It is estimated that roughly 10% of the population is abroad mainly in the American states of California and Florida. The cities of Oakland and Los Angeles having the largest populations. The Mam people are the predominant people in the municipality.
Santiago Chimaltenango
Chimb´al | |
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Municipality | |
  Santiago Chimaltenango Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°18′53″N 91°28′34″W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  Huehuetenango |
| Municipality | Santiago Chimaltenango |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Froylan Elías Aguilar Jiménez[1] (Partido UNE) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,901 m (6,237 ft) |
| Population (census 2018)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 10,507 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,841 |
| • Ethnicities | Mam Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Time zone | UTC-6 |
| Area code(s) | 502 |
| Climate | Cwb |
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History
The municipality was annulled on December 11, 1935 and reestablished on February 2, 1948.
The predominant language is mam. (Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala, 2001).
Government
The current mayor for the 2020-2024 cycle is Froylan Elías Aguilar Jiménez (Partido UNE).
Economy
The production of agriculture of the municipality includes corn, beans, potatoes, coffee, sugar cane and bananas ( Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala,2001).
Its production of local artisanal wears include cotton and wool ( Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala, 2001).
Geography
The municipality is bound to the north by the municipalities of Concepción and Todos Santos Cuchumatán. To the east by the municipality of San Juan Atitán. To the south is the municipality Colotenango and then the west with the municipalities of Colotenango and San Pedro Nécta.
It is located about 317 km from the capital of Guatemala City.
The weather is cool and moderate.
Tourism
In the municipality is the archeological site of Tecpán. Also the tourist site of the Balneario La Laguna (La Laguna Waterpark)
(Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala,2001).
Demographics
According to projections by the “Instituto Nacional de Estadística“ for the year 2012, The municipality of Santiago Chimaltenango has a population of 7,250 inhabitants.
References
- Estos son los 340 alcaldes para el periodo 2020-2024
- Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala