Santa María Chiquimula

Municipality in Totonicapán, Guatemala

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Santa María Chiquimula within Totonicapán

Totonicapán within Guatemala

Coordinates: 15°01′45″N 91°19′46″W / 15.02917°N 91.32944°W / 15.02917; -91.32944Country

GuatemalaDepartment

TotonicapánGovernment

• TypeMunicipalArea

• Total236 km² (91 sq mi)Elevation

^[1]

2,130 m (6,990 ft)Population

(2018 census)^[2]

• Total55,013 • Density230/km² (600/sq mi) • Ethnicities

Kʼicheʼ Ladino • Religions

Catholicism Evangelicalism MayaClimateCwbWebsiteOfficial 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.^[1] The municipality has an area of 236 km² (91 sq mi) 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.

Dialect

The Kʼicheʼ spoken in Santa María Chiquimula is marked by intervocalic /l/ transitioning into [ð], especially among women.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Santa María Chiquimula. Datos geográficos". Municipalidad de Santa María Chiquimula. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ Citypopulation.de Population of Department and municipalities in Guatemala
^ Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
^ Romero, Sergio (2015). ""Each Town Speaks Its Own Language": The Social Value of Dialectal Variation in Kʼicheeʼ". Language and Ethnicity among the Kʼicheeʼ Maya. p. 42. ISBN 9781607813989.