Escuintla Depairtment
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Escuintla | |||
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Depairtment | |||
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Escuintla | |||
Coordinates: 14°17′52″N 90°47′13″W / 14.29778°N 90.78694°W | |||
Kintra | ![]() | ||
Depairtment | Escuintla | ||
Caipital | Escuintla | ||
Municipalities | 13 | ||
Govrenment | |||
• Teep | Departmental | ||
Area | |||
• Depairtment | 4,384 km2 (1,693 sq mi) | ||
Population (Census 2002)[1] | |||
• 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.
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Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Escuintla
- Guanagazapa
- Iztapa
- La Democracia
- La Gomera
- Masagua
- Nueva Concepción
- Palín
- San José
- San Vicente Pacaya
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
- Siquinalá
- Tiquisate
Museums[eedit | eedit soorce]
Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". Insituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 2002.