Jocotan
| Jocotán | |
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 Jocotán
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| Coordinates: 14°49′0″N 89°23′0″W / 14.81667°N 89.38333°WCoordinates: 14°49′0″N 89°23′0″W / 14.81667°N 89.38333°W | |
| Country |
 Guatemala
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| Department | Guatemala |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016-2020) | José Fernando Carrera Franco (Partido Patriota) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57 sq mi (148 km2) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 40,903 |
| • Density | 715.8/sq mi (276.37/km2) |
| Climate | Aw |
Jocotán is a municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala.
This town is the location of Radio Chortis, a Roman Catholic radio station funded by Belgian and German Catholics. It broadcasts primarily in Spanish, but there are a few hours a week in the Ch'orti' language, which is still spoken in some isolated areas.
«If 80% of the population in Guatemala lives in poverty, with that percent, I do not know what is the big fuss about this famine.
On 3 August 2001, Jocotán municipality declared yellow code in the area when it learned about the desperate situation that the rural communities were facing, facing imminent famine; the root cause of the crisis were the short raining season, and the decline in the international coffee price.Alfonso Portillo's government decreed State of Calamity to get international help; officially, 48 deceased were reported, but there were rumors of hundreds of casualties.
Jocotán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
Jocotán is surrounded by Chiquimula Department municipalities, except at North, where it borders Zacapa:
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