Jocotán Explained

Official Name:Jocotán
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Pushpin Map1:Chiquimula
Pushpin Map Caption1:Location in Chiquimula Department
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Guatemala
Leader Title:Mayor (2016-2020)
Leader Name:José Fernando Carrera Franco
Leader Party:Partido Patriota
Established Date:1723
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:235
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:66379
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:8387
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:14.8167°N -89.3833°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Jocotán is a town and municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala.

Radio Chortis, a Roman Catholic radio station funded by Belgian and German Catholics, is located in the town. It broadcasts primarily in Spanish, but there are a few hours a week in the Ch'orti' language, which is still spoken in some isolated areas.

History

2001 famine

See also: Alfonso Portillo.

On 3 August 2001, Jocotán municipality declared yellow code in the area when it learned about the desperate situation that the rural communities were facing imminent famine; the root cause of the crisis were the short raining season, and the decline in the international coffee price.[2] Alfonso Portillo's government decreed State of Calamity to get international help; officially, 48 deceased were reported, but there were rumors of hundreds of casualties.[2]

Climate

Jocotán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).

Geographic location

Jocotán is surrounded by Chiquimula Department municipalities, except at North, where it borders Zacapa:

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: La hambruna y la sequía golpean a Guatemala: ya hay 48 muertos . Industriall global union . 14 September 2001 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151020192444/http://www.industriall-union.org/es/archive/imf/la-hambruna-y-la-sequia-golpean-a-guatemala-ya-hay-48-muertos . October 20, 2015 .