| Official Name: | Santiago Chimaltenango |
| Native Name: | Chimb´al |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
| Coordinates: | 15.3147°N -91.4761°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Huehuetenango |
| Subdivision Name2: | Santiago Chimaltenango |
| Leader Party: | Partido UNE |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Froylan Elías Aguilar Jiménez[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 37.4 |
| Elevation M: | 1901 |
| Population Total: | 10507 |
| Population As Of: | census 2018 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 5841 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank1: | Mam, Ladino |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Population Blank2: | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
| Postal Code: | 13030 |
| Area Code: | 502 |
| Timezone: | UTC-6 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cwb |
Santiago Chimaltenango is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. The municipality is named in honor of the Apostle St James. The annual celebrations (fiestas patronales) are from July 21 to July 25. It is estimated that roughly 10% of the population is abroad, mainly in the American states of California and Florida. The cities of Oakland and Los Angeles having the largest populations. The Mam people are the predominant people in the municipality. The Mam language is widely spoken in it.
The municipality was annulled on December 11, 1935, and reestablished on February 2, 1948.
The predominant language is mam. Specificity the Northern Mam.(Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala, 2001).
The current mayor of the municipality for the 2020-2024 cycle is Froylan Elías Aguilar Jiménez (Partido UNE).
Escuela Nacional Urbana Mixta Santiago Chimaltenango
The production of agriculture of the municipality includes corn, beans, potatoes, coffee, sugar cane and bananas (Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala, 2001).
Its production of local artisanal wears include cotton and wool (Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala, 2001).
The municipality is bound to the north by the municipalities of Concepción and Todos Santos Cuchumatán. To the east by the municipality of San Juan Atitán. To the south is the municipality Colotenango and then the west with the municipalities of Colotenango and San Pedro Nécta.
It is located about 317 km from the capital of Guatemala City.
The weather is cool and moderate.
In the municipality is the archeological site of Tecpán.Also the tourist site of the Balñeario La Laguna (La Laguna Waterpark)
(Diccionario Municipal de Guatemala, 2001).
According to projections by the “Instituto Nacional de Estadística“ for the year 2012, The municipality of Santiago Chimaltenango has a population of 7,250 inhabitants.
The area has its own distinct type of marimba music.
For example, the marimba La Unica Chimalteca.[3]