Escuintla Department

Escuintla
—  Department  —
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Escuintla
Coordinates: 14°17′52″N 90°47′13″W
Country	Guatemala
Department	Escuintla
Capital	Escuintla
Municipalities	13
Government
• Type	Departmental
• Governor
Area
• Department	4,384 km2 (1,693 sq mi)
Population (Census 2002)
• Department	538,746
• Urban	256,972
• Ethnicities	Ladino, Poqomam
• Religions	Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism
Time zone	-6

Escuintla is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its capital is the city of Escuintla. The department of Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region to the South of Guatemala-City, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product of Guatemala. It is statistically the department, province or region in Mesoamerica with the lowest unemployment and extreme poverty.

Municipalities

1. Escuintla
2. Guanagazapa
3. Iztapa
4. La Democracia
5. La Gomera
6. Masagua
7. Nueva Concepción
8. Palín
9. San José
10. San Vicente Pacaya
11. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
12. Siquinalá
13. Tiquisate

Museums

Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia

External links

• Interactive department map