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]