Escuintla Depairtment

Escuintla
Depairtment
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Escuintla
Coordinates: 14°17′52″N 90°47′13″W
Kintra	Guatemala
Depairtment	Escuintla
Caipital	Escuintla
Municipalities	13
Govrenment
• Teep	Departmental
Area
• Depairtment	4,384 km2 (1,693 sq mi)
Population (Census 2002)
• Depairtment	538,746
• Urban	256,972
• Ethnicities	Ladino, Poqomam
• Releegions	Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism
Time zone	-6

Escuintla is ane o the 22 depairtments o Guatemala. Its caipital is the ceety o Escuintla. The depairtment o Escuintla covers an aurie o 4,384 km² an is situatit in the coastal lawland region tae the Sooth o Guatemala Ceety, bordered bi the Paceefic Ocean. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product o Guatemala. It is statistically the depairtment, province or region in Mesoamerica wi the lawest unemployment an extreme poverty.

Municipalities

1. Escuintla
2. Guanagazapa
3. Iztapa
4. La Democracia
5. La Gomera
6. Masagua
7. Nueva Concepción
8. Palín
9. San José
10. San Vicente Pacaya
11. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
12. Siquinalá
13. Tiquisate

Museums

Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia

Freemit airtins

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