Chicamán | |
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Municipality | |
Location in Guatemala | |
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W / 15.34833°N 90.79944°WCoordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W / 15.34833°N 90.79944°W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Department | El Quiché |
Municipality | Chicamán |
Established as a municipality | 1984 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal |
• Mayor | Diego Us (PP) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 199 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) | |
• Municipality | 25,280 |
• Urban | 1,893 |
• Ethnicities | Poqomchi', Uspantek, K'iche' , K'ekchi, Ladino |
• Religions | Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy,Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | http://www.inforpressca.com/chicamanq/ |
Chicamán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.
Tourists may visit the Canyon El Barbudo and the Quatro Chorros waterfalls.