Departments of Guatemala

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

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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. [4] [5]

Evolution of Guatemala's territorial organization

List of departments

Departments of Guatemala
FlagCoat of
Arms		Department ISO 3166-2:GT [13] CapitalArea (km2)Population
(2018 census) [14] 		MunicipalitiesLocation
Flag of Alta Verapaz Department.svg Escudo de armas de Alta Verapaz.svg Alta Verapaz GT-16 Cobán 8,6861,215,03817 Alta Verapaz in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Baja Verapaz Department.svg Escudo de Baja Verapaz.svg Baja Verapaz GT-15 Salamá 3,124299,4768 Baja Verapaz in Guatemala.svg

Flag of Chimaltenango Department.svg

Coat of arms of Chimaltenango Department.svg Chimaltenango GT-04 Chimaltenango 1,979615,77616 Chimaltenango in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Chiquimula Department.svg Coat of arms of Chiquimula Department.svg Chiquimula GT-20 Chiquimula 2,376415,06311 Chiquimula in Guatemala.svg
Flag of El Progreso Department.svg Escudo del Progreso.svg El Progreso GT-02 Guastatoya 1,922176,6328 El Progreso in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Escuintla.svg Coat of arms of Escuintla.svg Escuintla GT-05 Escuintla 4,384733,18113 Escuintla in Guatemala.svg
Bandera del Departamento Guatemala.svg Escudo de Armas de la Ciudad de Guatemala.svg Guatemala Department GT-01 Guatemala City 2,1263,015,08117 Guatemala in Guatemala.svg

Flag of Huehuetenango Department.svg

Coat of arms of Huehuetango.png Huehuetenango GT-13 Huehuetenango 7,4031,170,66931 Huehuetenango in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Izabal Department.svg Coat of arms of Izabal Department.svg Izabal GT-18 Puerto Barrios 9,038408,6885 Izabal in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Jalapa Department, Guatemala.svg Coat of arms of Jalapa.png Jalapa GT-21 Jalapa 2,063342,9237 Jalapa in Guatemala.svg
Vlagjutiapa.gif Coat of arms of Jutiapa.png Jutiapa GT-22 Jutiapa 3,219488,39517 Jutiapa in Guatemala.svg
Flag of El Peten Department.svg Coat of Arms of Peten Department.svg Petén GT-17 Flores 35,854545,60012 Peten in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Quetzaltenango Department.svg Escudo de Quetzaltenango.svg Quetzaltenango GT-09 Quetzaltenango 1,951799,10124 Quetzaltenango in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Quiche Department.svg Escudo de armas del departamento de Quiche.svg Quiché GT-14 Santa Cruz del Quiché 8,378949,26121 El Quiche in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Retahuleu Department.svg Coat of arms of Retalhuleu Department.svg Retalhuleu GT-11 Retalhuleu 1,856326,8289 Retalhuleu in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Sacatepequez Department.svg Escudo de armas de Sacatepequez.svg Sacatepéquez GT-03 Antigua Guatemala 465330,46916 Sacatepequez in Guatemala.svg
Flag of San Marcos Department.svg Coat of arms of San Marcos Department.svg San Marcos GT-12 San Marcos 2,3971,032,27729 San Marcos in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Santa Rosa Department.svg Escudo de Santa Rosa y Cuilapa.svg Santa Rosa GT-06 Cuilapa 2,295396,60714 Santa Rosa in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Solola Department.svg Coat of arms of Solola Department.svg Sololá GT-07 Sololá 1,061421,58319 Solola in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Suchitepequez Department.svg Coat of arms of Suchitepequez Department.svg Suchitepéquez GT-10 Mazatenango 2,510554,69520 Suchitepequez in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Totonicapan Department.svg Coat of arms of Totonicapan.png Totonicapán GT-08 Totonicapán 1,061418,5698 Totonicapan in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Zacapa Department.svg Coat of arms of Zacapa Department.svg Zacapa GT-19 Zacapa 2,690245,37410 Zacapa in Guatemala.svg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Republica de Guatemala Departamentos de Guatemala". Servicio de Información Municipal de Inforpress. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Country Report: Guatemala". Pan American Health Organization . Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ Coloma, Andrea (November 15, 2015). "Petatán ya es el municipio número 340 de Guatemala" (in Spanish). Guatemala.com. Retrieved November 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 from the original on November 11, 2010. Retrieved June 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 from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Quetzaltenango Department", Wikipedia, 2025-03-21, retrieved 2025-06-05
  7. ↑ "Huehuetenango Department", Wikipedia, 2025-04-16, retrieved 2025-06-05
  8. ↑ "Petén Department", Wikipedia, 2025-04-30, retrieved 2025-06-05
  9. ↑ "San Marcos Department", Wikipedia, 2025-04-22, retrieved 2025-06-05
  10. ↑ "Chiquimula Department", Wikipedia, 2025-02-21, retrieved 2025-06-05
  11. ↑ "Zacapa Department", Wikipedia, 2024-10-28, retrieved 2025-06-05
  12. 1 2 3 "El Progreso Department", Wikipedia, 2025-05-25, retrieved 2025-06-05
  13. ↑ ISO 3166-2:GT (ISO 3166-2 codes for the departments of Guatemala)
  14. ↑ "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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