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.
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]
Jocotán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
Jocotán is surrounded by Chiquimula Department municipalities, except at North, where it borders Zacapa: