Official Name: | Tiquisate |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
Subdivision Name1: | Escuintla Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 468 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 57292 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Elevation M: | 91 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Am |
Tiquisate (pronounced as /es/) is a town, with a population of 29,193 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.[1] The area is a major center of banana production, and the Tiquisate banana workers formed Guatemala's first private sector union in 1944.[4]
Tiquisate Municipality has a population of 57,292 in 2018, up from 33,667 in 1994.[5]