Escuintla [2] ( Spanish Escuintla ) is one of 22 departments in Guatemala . The administrative center is the city of Escuintla . The department covers an area of 4,384 km² and is located in low-lying coastal areas in the south of the country. It borders in the west with the Department of Suchitepéquez , in the north with the departments of Chimaltenango , Sacatepéquez and Guatemala , in the east with the department of Santa Rosa .
| department | |||||
| Escuintla | |||||
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| isp. Escuintla | |||||
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| A country | Guatemala | ||||
| Includes | 13 municipalities | ||||
| Adm Centre | Escuintla | ||||
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| Square | 4384 km² (6th place ) | ||||
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| Timezone | UTC-6 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 538 746 [1] people ( 2002 ) ( 7th place ) | ||||
| Density | 122.89 people / km² (11th place) | ||||
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| ISO 3166-2 code | GT-ES | ||||
| FIPS Index | GT06 | ||||
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Municipalities
Administratively, the department is divided into 13 municipalities:
- Escuintla
- Guanagasapa
- Istapa
- La demokracia
- La gomera
- Masagua
- Nueva Concepcion
- Palin
- San jose
- San Vicente Pacaya
- Santa Lucia-Cotsumalguapa
- Sikinal
- Tikisate
Links
Notes
- ↑ Statistics on the site statoids.com (English) .
- ↑ Escuintla // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - P. 450.