San José del Golfo
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San José del Golfo is a municipality
in the Guatemala department
of Guatemala
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The Municipality of San José del Golfo is located 28 kilometers from the Capital City to the north-east of Guatemala. Its territory is broken, it belongs to the mountainous region of the Central Highlands of the Republic. The Municipality of San José del Golfo, was established under the Government of General Justo Rufino Barrios, by Decree No. 683 of March 17, 1882, and was annexed to the Department of El Progreso on April 13, 1908, however years later by Decree No. 756 on June 9, 1920 it joined the Department of Guatemala.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Guatemala department
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...
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The Municipality of San José del Golfo is located 28 kilometers from the Capital City to the north-east of Guatemala. Its territory is broken, it belongs to the mountainous region of the Central Highlands of the Republic. The Municipality of San José del Golfo, was established under the Government of General Justo Rufino Barrios, by Decree No. 683 of March 17, 1882, and was annexed to the Department of El Progreso on April 13, 1908, however years later by Decree No. 756 on June 9, 1920 it joined the Department of Guatemala.