Chisec
≈ 2 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Chisec is a town and municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz that was founded in 18131. It is situated at 230 metres (755 ft) above sea level. The municipality covers a territory of 1,244 km 2 . The 2018 census documented the population at 84,553. Approximately 95% of the municipality's inhabitants are Maya, spread over the town of Chisec and approximately 140 communities. There used to be closer to 240 communities, but a number of these have officially split off to the new municipality of Raxruha, created by the Guatemalan Congress in 2008. The Q'eqchi' language is widely spoken there alongside Spanish.
Chisec is a town and municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz that was founded in 1813. It is situated at 230 metres (755 ft) above sea level. The municipality covers a territory of 1,244 km 2 . The 2018 census documented the population at 84,553. Approximately 95% of the municipality's inhabitants are Maya, spread over the town of Chisec and approximately 140 communities. There used to be closer to 240 communities, but a number of these have officially split off to the new municipality of Raxruha, created by the Guatemalan Congress in 2008. The Q'eqchi' language is widely spoken there alongside Spanish. ==History== ==Climate== Chisec has a tropical climate (Köppen: Af). ==Geographic location== ==See also== Acala Ch'ol Fernando Romeo Lucas García Franja Transversal del Norte ===References=== ===Bibliography=== ==External links== Muni in Spanish INE - XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) Visit Chisec Community based ecotourism in Chisec
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374270579 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.