Official Name: | Santa María Chiquimula |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Image Map1: | TotonicapanGUAT.PNG |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Map Caption1: | Totonicapán within Guatemala |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Totonicapán |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 236 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 55013 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Kʼicheʼ, Ladino |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
Coordinates: | 15.0292°N -91.3294°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 2130 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cwb |
Website: | Official site |
Santa María Chiquimula is a town, with a population of 15,919 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Totonicapán department of Guatemala. Located in the western highlands of Guatemala at an altitude of 2130 metres.[2] The municipality has an area of and a population of 55,013 (2018 census). The Mayan Kʼicheʼ language is spoken among the indigenous people here, but Spanish is also widely spoken. The main products of the region are corn and black beans.
The Kʼicheʼ spoken in Santa María Chiquimula is marked by intervocalic pronounced as //l// transitioning into pronounced as /[ð]/, especially among women.[4]