Huehuetenango Department

Huehuetenango Department Departmento de Huehuetenango
Department
Counterclockwise from top: Zaculeu in the city of Huehuetenango, Cenotes de Candelaria in Nenton, Hoyo Cimarron in La Trinidad Nenton, Catarata de Pajaj in San Pedro Soloma, Lagartero river in Nenton and Laguna Brava in Nenton Huehuetenango
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Location in Guatemala Huehuetenango and its neighbors: Clockwise, to the east, Quiché; to the south, Totonicapán Quetzaltenango and San Marcos; to the west and north, in Mexico, Chiapas
Coordinates: 15°18′51″N 91°28′33″W / 15.31417°N 91.47583°W / 15.31417; -91.47583
Country	Guatemala
Capital	Huehuetenango
Municipalities	31
Government
• Type	Departmental
Area
• Department	7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Highest elevation	3,352 m (10,997 ft)
Lowest elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Department	1,170,669
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
• Urban	327,297
• Ethnicities	Mam Q'anjob'al Chuj Jakaltek Tektik Awakatek Chalchitek Akatek K'iche Ladino
• Religions	Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
Time zone	UTC-6
ISO 3166 code	GT-HU

Huehuetenango is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It is located in the western highlands and shares the borders with the Mexican state of Chiapas in the north and west; with El Quiché in the east, and Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango and San Marcos in the south. The capital is the city of Huehuetenango.^[2]

Huehuetenango's ethnic composition is one of the most diverse in Guatemala. While the Mam are predominant in the department, other Maya groups are the Q'anjob'al, Chuj, Jakaltek, Tektik, Awakatek, Chalchitek, Akatek and K'iche'. Each of these nine Maya ethnic groups speaks its own language.^[3][4]