San Cristóbal Totonicapán Explained

Official Name:San Cristóbal Totonicapán
Settlement Type:Municipality
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Image Map1:TotonicapanGUAT.PNG
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Map Caption1:Totonicapán within Guatemala
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Totonicapán
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:52.8
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:36119
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:K'iche', Ladino
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya

San Cristóbal Totonicapán is a town, with a population of 36,119,[2] and a municipality in the Totonicapán department in the South-Western region of Guatemala. It celebrates its titular party on 25 July.

Spanish-born businessman Juan Bautista Gutiérrez migrated to San Cristóbal Totonicapán in the 1920s and began some of his first business ventures there, running a bookstore and making candles. He was eventually elected mayor for a time and helped introduce electricity and other viable infrastructure to the then-small indigenous town, including a bridge over the Samalá River that is still in good, working condition and actively utilized by the community. In addition, his children, including his daughter Isabel, were all born in San Cristóbal Totonicapán.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de