Official Name: | Suchitepéquez Department |
Native Name: | Departmento de Suchitepéquez |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Department of Guatemala |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Mazatenango |
Parts Type: | Municipalities |
Parts: | 20 |
Government Type: | Departmental |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Area Total Km2: | 2510 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 554695 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 266189 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Christian religion |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Suchitepéquez (pronounced as /es/) is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its capital is Mazatenango.It is situated in the southwestern region of Guatemala, bordering Quetzaltenango, Sololá, and Chimaltenango to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south, Escuintla to the east, and Retalhuleu to the west.
Book: Gall , Francis . Diccionario Geográfico de Guatemala. 4 vols. . . 1976 . Guatemala .