Huehuetenango

Huehuetenango
Xinabahul
Municipality
The city center of Huehuetenango
The city center of Huehuetenango
Nickname: 
Huehue
Huehuetenango is located in Guatemala
Huehuetenango
Huehuetenango
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°18′53″N 91°28′34″W / 15.31472°N 91.47611°W / 15.31472; -91.47611
Country Guatemala
Department Huehuetenango
MunicipalityHuehuetenango
Government
 • MayorGeronimo Martinez[1] (Lidet)
Area
 • Municipality222 km2 (86 sq mi)
Elevation
1,901 m (6,237 ft)
Population
 (census 2018)[2]
 • Municipality117,818
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
 • Urban117,818
 • Ethnicities
Mam Ladino
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya Eastern Orthodoxy
ClimateCwb

Huehuetenango ([weweteˈnaŋɡo]) is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated 269 kilometres (167 mi) from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before the Mexican border at La Mesilla. Its primary export is coffee.

  1. ^ Resultados de elección de Alcades Huehuetenango realizadas en el año 2015
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of major cities in Guatemala

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