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

Chicamán
Municipality
Chicamán is located in Guatemala
Chicamán
Chicamán
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 90°47′58″W / 15.34833°N 90.79944°W / 15.34833; -90.79944
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
MunicipalityChicamán
Established as a municipality1984
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • MayorDiego 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[1] Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateCfb
Websitehttp://www.inforpressca.com/chicamanq/

Tourists may visit the Canyon El Barbudo and the Quatro Chorros waterfalls.[2] Its population in 2023 is 44,728.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Map". Mayan Orthodoxy. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Turismo en el Municipio de Chicamán, Quiché". Inforpressca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-01-17.
  3. ^ "Chicamán (Municipality, Guatemala) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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