Official Name: | Colotenango |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Huehuetenango |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Aroldo Ríos |
Leader Party: | UNE |
Area Total Km2: | 62 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 34834 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 5132 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Coordinates: | 15.4047°N -91.7139°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cwb |
Colotenango is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. The municipality is situated at 1590m (5,220feet) above sea level and has a population of 34,834 (2018 census). It covers an area of 62km2. The annual festival is August 12–15.
Colotenango has two holy sites called Tuikalajan and Tuisanmarcos.
Colotenango is traditionally a Maya community whose residents speak the Mayan Mam language.[2] Two-thirds of the residents are Catholic, while about thirty percent are Evangelica.
Colotenango includes the following aldeas (towns), Colotenango (el pueblo), El Granadillo, Ical, Ixconlaj, La Barranca, La Vega, Tojlate, Luminoche, Tixel, and Xemal.