Quetzaltenango Depairtment

Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango
	Depairtment
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	Quetzaltenango
	Coordinates: 14°50′45″N 91°31′08″W / 14.84583°N 91.51889°W
Kintra	Guatemala
Depairtment	Quetzaltenango
Caipital	Quetzaltenango (Xelajú)
Municipalities	24
Govrenment
• Teep	Depairtmental
• Govrenor	Dora Otilia Alcahé López
Elevation	2333 m (7,654 ft)
Population (Census 2002)
• Depairtment	624,716
• Urban	344,858
• Ethnicities	K'iche' Mam Ladino
• Religions	Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
Time zone	-6

Quetzaltenango is a depairtment in the wastren heichlands o Guatemala. The caipital is the ceety o Quetzaltenango, the seicont lairgest ceety in Guatemala.^[2] The depairtment is dividit up intae 24 municipalities. The inhabitants include Spaingie-speakin Ladinos an the K'iche' an Mam Maya groups, baith wi their awn Maya leid. The depairtment consists o muntainous terrain, wi its principal river being the Samalá River.