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Departments of Guatemala

Political subdivision of Guatemala

Summary

Political subdivision of Guatemala

The Republic of Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos){{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416003407/http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/guatemala.php |archive-date=2009-04-16}} which in turn are divided into 340 municipalities. The departments are governed by a departmental governor, appointed by the President.

In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111004919/http://www.usip.org/publications/boundary-disputes-latin-america |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2013}}{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716103107/http://www.usip.org/files/resources/pwks50.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2009 |access-date=June 3, 2013}}

Evolution of Guatemala's territorial organization

19th century - The department surrounding British Honduras is called Verapaz by the British
1825 - The first seven departments officially established. Verapaz, Chiquimula, Guatemala/Escuintla, Sacatepéquez/Chimaltenango, Soconusco, Totonicapán/Huehuetenango, and Suchitepéquez/Sololá.
1838-02-02 - Suchitepéquez/Sololá, Totonicapán/Huehuetenango break away as the Republic of Los Altos
1939 - Los Altos reincorporated
1845-09-16 - Quetzaltenango department established by decree.
1866-05-08 - Huehuetenango, Petén and San Marcos departments established.
1871-11-10 - Chiquimula department reduced by establishment of the Zacapa department and a part of the Izabal department.
1872-08-12 - Quiché department created from
1908-04-13 - Part of El Progreso department created from western Zacapa.
1919-12 - El Progreso department renamed to Estrada Cabrera.
1920-06-09 - Estrada Cabrera department dissolved.
1934 - El Progreso department reestablished.

List of departments

Flag	Coat	Department	Capital	Largest
city	Pop.
(2018)	Area
(km2)	Munici-
palities	ISO	Map
[[File:Flag of Alta Verapaz Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo de armas de Alta Verapaz.svg	35px	frameless]]	Alta Verapaz	Cobán	San Pedro Carchá	1,215,038	8,686	17	GT-16	[[File:Alta Verapaz in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag_of_Baja_Verapaz_Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo_de_Baja_Verapaz.svg	35px	frameless]]	Baja Verapaz	Salamá	299,476	3,124	8	GT-15	[[File:Baja Verapaz in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Chimaltenango Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Chimaltenango Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Chimaltenango	Chimaltenango	615,776	1,979	16	GT-04	[[File:Chimaltenango in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
		Chiquimula	Chiquimula	415,063	2,376	11	GT-20	[[File:Chiquimula in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of El Progreso Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo del Progreso.svg	35px	frameless]]	El Progreso	Guastatoya	San Agustín Acasaguastlán	176,632	1,922	8	GT-02	[[File:El Progreso in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Escuintla.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Escuintla.svg	35px	frameless]]	Escuintla	Escuintla	733,181	4,384	13	GT-05	[[File:Escuintla in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Bandera del Departamento Guatemala.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo de Armas de la Ciudad de Guatemala.svg	35px	frameless]]	Guatemala	Guatemala City	3,015,081	2,126	17	GT-01	[[File:Guatemala in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Huehuetenango Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Huehuetango.png	35px	frameless]]	Huehuetenango	Huehuetenango	1,170,669	7,403	31	GT-13	[[File:Huehuetenango in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Izabal Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Izabal Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Izabal	Puerto Barrios	408,688	9,038	5	GT-18	[[File:Izabal in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Jalapa Department, Guatemala.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Jalapa.png	35px	frameless]]	Jalapa	Jalapa	342,923	2,063	7	GT-21	[[File:Jalapa in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Jutiapa Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Jutiapa Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Jutiapa	Jutiapa	488,395	3,219	17	GT-22	[[File:Jutiapa in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of El Petén Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Petén Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Petén	Flores	Sayaxché	545,600	35,854	12	GT-17	[[File:Peten in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Quetzaltenango Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo de Quetzaltenango.svg	35px	frameless]]	Quetzaltenango	Quetzaltenango	799,101	1,951	24	GT-09	[[File:Quetzaltenango in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Quiché Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo de armas del departamento de Quiché.svg	35px	frameless]]	Quiché	Santa Cruz del Quiché	Chichicastenango	949,261	8,378	21	GT-14	[[File:El Quiche in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Retahuleu Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Retalhuleu Department.svg	frameless	35px]]	Retalhuleu	Retalhuleu	326,828	1,856	9	GT-11	[[File:Retalhuleu in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Sacatepéquez Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo de armas de Sacatepéquez.svg	35px	frameless]]	Sacatepéquez	Antigua	330,469	465	16	GT-03	[[File:Sacatepequez in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of San Marcos Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of San Marcos Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	San Marcos	San Marcos	Malacatán	1,032,277	2,397	29	GT-12	[[File:San Marcos in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Santa Rosa Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Escudo de Santa Rosa y Cuilapa.svg	35px	frameless]]	Santa Rosa	Cuilapa	Barberena	396,607	2,295	14	GT-06	[[File:Santa Rosa in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Sololá Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Sololá Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Sololá	Sololá	421,583	1,061	19	GT-07	[[File:Solola in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Suchitepéquez Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Suchitepéquez Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Suchitepéquez	Mazatenango	554,695	2,510	20	GT-10	[[File:Suchitepequez in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Totonicapán Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Totonicapan.png	35px	frameless]]	Totonicapán	Totonicapán	Momostenango	418,569	1,061	8	GT-08	[[File:Totonicapan in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag of Zacapa Department.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat of arms of Zacapa Department.svg	35px	frameless]]	Zacapa	Zacapa	245,374	2,690	10	GT-19	[[File:Zacapa in Guatemala.svg	80px]]
[[File:Flag_of_Guatemala.svg	80px	border]]	[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Guatemala_with_background.svg	35px	frameless]]	–	–	14,901,286	106,838	332	GT	–

References

"Country Report: Guatemala". [[Pan American Health Organization]].
Coloma, Andrea. (November 15, 2015). "Petatán ya es el municipio número 340 de Guatemala". Guatemala.com.
(2025-03-21). "Quetzaltenango Department". Wikipedia.
(2025-04-16). "Huehuetenango Department". Wikipedia.
(2025-04-30). "Petén Department". Wikipedia.
(2025-04-22). "San Marcos Department". Wikipedia.
(2025-02-21). "Chiquimula Department". Wikipedia.
(2024-10-28). "Zacapa Department". Wikipedia.
(2025-05-25). "El Progreso Department". Wikipedia.
"Resultados Censo 2018".
[[ISO 3166-2:GT]] ([[International Organization for Standardization. ISO]] [[ISO 3166-2. 3166-2]] codes for the departments of Guatemala)

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