Departments of Guatemala explained

The Republic of Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos)[1] which in turn are divided into 340 municipalities.[2] [3] The departments are governed by a departmental governor, appointed by the President.

In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.[4] [5]

List of departments

Departments of Guatemala
FlagCoat of
Arms
DepartmentMap #[6] CapitalArea (km2)Population
(2018 Census)[7]
MunicipalitiesLocation
Alta Verapaz1GT-16Cobán8,6861,215,03817
Baja Verapaz2GT-15Salamá3,124299,4768
Chimaltenango3GT-04Chimaltenango1,979615,77616
Chiquimula4GT-20Chiquimula2,376415,06311
El Progreso6GT-02Guastatoya1,922176,6328
Escuintla8GT-05Escuintla4,384733,18113
Guatemala Department9GT-01Guatemala City2,1263,015,08117
Huehuetenango10GT-13Huehuetenango7,4031,170,66931
Izabal11GT-18Puerto Barrios9,038408,6885
Jalapa12GT-21Jalapa2,063342,9237
Jutiapa13GT-22Jutiapa3,219488,39517
Petén5GT-17Flores35,854545,60012
Quetzaltenango14GT-09Quetzaltenango1,951799,10124
Quiché7GT-14Santa Cruz del Quiché8,378949,26121
Retalhuleu15GT-11Retalhuleu1,856326,8289
Sacatepéquez16GT-03Antigua Guatemala465330,46916
San Marcos17GT-12San Marcos2,3971,032,27729
Santa Rosa18GT-06Cuilapa2,295396,60714
Sololá19GT-07Sololá1,061421,58319
Suchitepéquez20GT-10Mazatenango2,510554,69520
Totonicapán21GT-08Totonicapán1,061418,5698
Zacapa22GT-19Zacapa2,690245,37410

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Republica de Guatemala Departamentos de Guatemala. Servicio de Información Municipal de Inforpress. https://web.archive.org/web/20090416003407/http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/guatemala.php. 2009-04-16.
  2. Web site: Country Report: Guatemala . . November 24, 2017.
  3. News: Coloma . Andrea . Petatán ya es el municipio número 340 de Guatemala . es . Guatemala.com . November 15, 2015 . November 24, 2017.
  4. Web site: Boundary Disputes in Latin America (summary). United States Institute of Peace. Peaceworks No. 50. Jorge I. Domínguez . David Mares . Manuel Orozco . David Scott Palmer . Francisco Rojas Aravena . Andrés Serbin . August 2003 . June 3, 2013.
  5. Web site: Boundary Disputes in Latin America (full text). United States Institute of Peace. Peaceworks No. 50. Jorge I. Domínguez . David Mares . Manuel Orozco . David Scott Palmer . Francisco Rojas Aravena . Andrés Serbin . August 2003 . June 3, 2013.
  6. [ISO 3166-2:GT]
  7. Web site: Resultados Censo 2018 . Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala . 9 May 2020.