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Departments of Guatemala

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Political subdivision of Guatemala
Guatemalan departments (clickable map)

TheRepublic of Guatemala is divided into 22departments (Spanish:departamentos)[1]which in turn are divided into 340municipalities.[2][3] The departments are governed by a departmental governor, appointed by thePresident.

In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation ofBelize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but theborder disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.[4][5]

Evolution of Guatemala's territorial organization

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  • 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.[6]
  • 1866-05-08 - Huehuetenango, Petén and San Marcos departments established.[7][8][9]
  • 1871-11-10 - Chiquimula department reduced by establishment of the Zacapa department and a part of the Izabal department.[10]
  • 1872-08-12 - Quiché department created from
  • 1908-04-13 - Part of El Progreso department created from western Zacapa.[11]
  • 1919-12 - El Progreso department renamed to Estrada Cabrera.[12]
  • 1920-06-09 - Estrada Cabrera department dissolved.[12]
  • 1934 - El Progreso department reestablished.[12]

List of departments

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Departments of Guatemala[13]
FlagCoatDepartmentCapitalLargest
city		Pop.
(2018)		Area
(km2)		Munici-
palities		ISO[14]Map
Alta VerapazCobánSan Pedro Carchá1,215,0388,68617GT-16
Baja VerapazSalamá299,4763,1248GT-15
ChimaltenangoChimaltenango615,7761,97916GT-04
ChiquimulaChiquimula415,0632,37611GT-20
El ProgresoGuastatoyaSan Agustín Acasaguastlán176,6321,9228GT-02
EscuintlaEscuintla733,1814,38413GT-05
GuatemalaGuatemala City3,015,0812,12617GT-01
HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango1,170,6697,40331GT-13
IzabalPuerto Barrios408,6889,0385GT-18
JalapaJalapa342,9232,0637GT-21
JutiapaJutiapa488,3953,21917GT-22
PeténFloresSayaxché545,60035,85412GT-17
QuetzaltenangoQuetzaltenango799,1011,95124GT-09
QuichéSanta Cruz del QuichéChichicastenango949,2618,37821GT-14
RetalhuleuRetalhuleu326,8281,8569GT-11
SacatepéquezAntigua330,46946516GT-03
San MarcosSan MarcosMalacatán1,032,2772,39729GT-12
Santa RosaCuilapaBarberena396,6072,29514GT-06
SololáSololá421,5831,06119GT-07
SuchitepéquezMazatenango554,6952,51020GT-10
TotonicapánTotonicapánMomostenango418,5691,0618GT-08
ZacapaZacapa245,3742,69010GT-19
––14,901,286106,838332GT–
  National capital

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Republica de Guatemala Departamentos de Guatemala". Servicio de Información Municipal de Inforpress. Archived fromthe original on 2009-04-16.
  2. ^"Country Report: Guatemala".Pan American Health Organization. RetrievedNovember 24, 2017.
  3. ^Coloma, Andrea (November 15, 2015)."Petatán ya es el municipio número 340 de Guatemala" (in Spanish). Guatemala.com. RetrievedNovember 24, 2017.
  4. ^Jorge I. Domínguez; David Mares; Manuel Orozco; David Scott Palmer; Francisco Rojas Aravena; Andrés Serbin (August 2003)."Boundary Disputes in Latin America (summary)". Peaceworks No. 50. United States Institute of Peace. Archived fromthe original on November 11, 2010. RetrievedJune 3, 2013.
  5. ^Jorge I. Domínguez; David Mares; Manuel Orozco; David Scott Palmer; Francisco Rojas Aravena; Andrés Serbin (August 2003)."Boundary Disputes in Latin America (full text)"(PDF). Peaceworks No. 50. United States Institute of Peace. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on July 16, 2009. RetrievedJune 3, 2013.
  6. ^"Quetzaltenango Department",Wikipedia, 2025-03-21, retrieved2025-06-05
  7. ^"Huehuetenango Department",Wikipedia, 2025-04-16, retrieved2025-06-05
  8. ^"Petén Department",Wikipedia, 2025-04-30, retrieved2025-06-05
  9. ^"San Marcos Department",Wikipedia, 2025-04-22, retrieved2025-06-05
  10. ^"Chiquimula Department",Wikipedia, 2025-02-21, retrieved2025-06-05
  11. ^"Zacapa Department",Wikipedia, 2024-10-28, retrieved2025-06-05
  12. ^abc"El Progreso Department",Wikipedia, 2025-05-25, retrieved2025-06-05
  13. ^"Resultados Censo 2018"(PDF) (in Spanish). p. 85.
  14. ^ISO 3166-2:GT (ISO3166-2 codes for the departments of Guatemala)

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