Quiché Department
Quiché (Spanish pronunciation: [kiˈtʃe]) is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) people, one of the Maya peoples, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word Kʼicheʼ comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees".
Quiché Department
Departmento de El Quiché | |
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Department | |
Sunrise in Finca Acul, El Quiché, Guatemala. | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Quiché | |
| Coordinates: 15°1′48″N 91°9′0″W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Capital | Santa Cruz del Quiché |
| Municipalities | 21 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental |
| • Governor | Otto Ervin Macz Hó |
| Area | |
| • Department | 8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,200 m (10,500 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Department | 949,261 |
| • Urban | 306,569 |
| • Ethnicities | Kʼicheʼ Ixil Uspantek Sakapultek Poqomchiʼ Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Time zone | UTC-6 |
| ISO 3166 code | GT-QC |
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