Escuintla (department)
Encyclopedia
Escuintla is one of the 22 departments
of Guatemala
. Its capital is the city of Escuintla
. The department of Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region to the South of Guatemala-City, bordered by the Pacific Ocean
. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product of Guatemala. It is statistically the department, province or region in Mesoamerica with the lowest unemployment and extreme poverty.
Departments of Guatemala
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of Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. Its capital is the city of Escuintla
Escuintla
Escuintla is a city in south central Guatemala. It is the capital of the Escuintla Department and the administrative seat of Escuintla Municipality....
. The department of Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region to the South of Guatemala-City, bordered by the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product of Guatemala. It is statistically the department, province or region in Mesoamerica with the lowest unemployment and extreme poverty.
Municipalities
- Escuintla
- GuanagazapaGuanagazapaGuanagazapa is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
- IztapaIztapaIztapa, or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.Located in the shores of Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its population is about 15,000 people.-Archaeology:Fishtail points, the most...
- La DemocraciaLa Democracia, EscuintlaLa Democracia is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. It is most notable for the crude Olmec-influenced carved stone heads from the Monte Alto culture now on display around the town square. The town possesses a small archaeological museum, the Museo Regional de Arqueología de la...
- La GomeraLa Gomera, EscuintlaLa Gomera is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
- MasaguaMasaguaMasagua is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
- Nueva ConcepciónNueva Concepción, EscuintlaNueva Concepción is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.-Sports:Deportivo Nueva Concepción football club have been playing in the second tier of Guatemalan football since the 2001/2002 season....
- PalínPalín, EscuintlaPalín is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The town of Palín, which is the municipal seat, is located on the foothills of the Sierra Madre volcanic chain, South of Guatemala-City.Palín was formally established as a municipality in 1935....
- San JoséSan José, EscuintlaSan José is a small town where the weather is usually hot. It is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The municipal seat is the port city of Puerto San José the old port. The municipality also contains Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala's main Pacific Ocean port....
- San Vicente PacayaSan Vicente PacayaSan Vicente Pacaya is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
- Santa Lucía CotzumalguapaSanta Lucía CotzumalguapaSanta Lucía Cotzumalguapa is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.The municipality includes the pre-Columbian archaeological sites of El Baúl and Bilbao....
- SiquinaláSiquinaláSiquinalá is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The population is approximately 23,000. The municipality is 81 km from Guatemala City, situated between the municipalities of Escuintla, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, and La Democracia, linked to Siquinalá by road, which...
- TiquisateTiquisateTiquisate is a a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
Museums
Museo Regional de Arqueología de la DemocraciaMuseo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia, Escuintla
The Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia is an archaeological museum in the municipality of La Democracia in the department of Escuintla in Guatemala...