Chiquimulilla Explained

Official Name:Chiquimulilla
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Name1: Santa Rosa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:573
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:53727
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:14.0833°N -113°W
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:272
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Chiquimulilla is a town and municipality in the Santa Rosa department of Guatemala. It is located about from the Pacific coast.

The town is an important regional trade location and junction. The most important products are leather goods. The town of Chiquimulilla had a population of 18,848 at the time of the 2018 census.[3]

Some descendants of the Xinca people live in the adjacent area. This ethnicity was almost completely wiped out after the conquest of the Spaniards, mostly from infectious diseases that the Europeans brought along. They do not belong to the Maya ethnicity. Only a handful of elders still know the Xinca language.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Floodmap.net using data from NASA's 90m resolution SRTM data. http://www.floodmap.net/elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=3598462 Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de