Chinique Explained

Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Name1: El Quiché
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Chinique de las Flores
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:41
Population As Of:Census 2002
Population Total:8009
Population Urban:2290
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:K'iche', Ladino
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Elevation Max M:2310
Elevation Min M:1196
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb
Website:http://www.inforpressca.com/chinique/

Chinique, from the Kʼicheʼ language «chinic´aj taka´aj»,[1] is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.[2] In 1892 Alfred Maudslay and his wife Anne reported that the place was a small group of houses made from adobe with thatched roofs.[3] Its population as of 2023 is 14,052.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080824044850/http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75%3Acenso2002&catid=42%3Ademografiaypoblacion&Itemid=69 XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) Instituto Nacional de Estadística
  2. Book: Tetzagüic, Manuel de Jesús Salazar . 2003 . Culturas e interculturalidad de Guatemala . Universidad Rafael Landírvar . 6.
  3. A Glimpse at Guatemala by Maudslay and Maudslay Published in 1899, page 75
  4. Web site: Chinique (Municipality, Guatemala) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2023-11-02 . www.citypopulation.de.