Chisec
Chisec is a municipality in the north o the Guatemalan depairtment o Alta Verapaz that wis foondit in 1813. The municipality covers a territory o 1488 km². Approximately 95% o the municipality's inhabitants are Mayan, spread ower the toun o Chisec an approximately 140 commonties. (Thare uised tae be closer tae 240 commonties, but a nummer o these hae offeecially split aff tae the new municipality o Raxruha, creatit bi the Guatemalan Congress in 2008.) Q'eqchi' is widely spoken thare alangside Spaingie.
Chisec | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Chisec Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°48′45″N 90°19′18″W / 15.81250°N 90.32167°W | |
| Kintra |  Guatemala |
| Depairtment | Alta Verapaz |
| Municipality | Chisec |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Municipal |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 69,325 |
| • Urban | 12,775 |
| • Ethnicities | Q'eqchi' Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Website | http://munichisec.gob.gt/ |
References
eedit- ↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Muni in Spainyie
- INE - XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Visit Chisec Archived 2005-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Commonty based ecotourism in Chisec Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine