Quiché (Spanish pronunciation: [kiˈtʃe]) is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) people, one of the Maya peoples, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word Kʼicheʼ comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees".
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Quiché Department
Departmento de El Quiché |
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Sunrise in Finca Acul, El Quiché, Guatemala. |
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Quiché and its neighbors: - In Guatemala:
- In Mexico, to the North,
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Coordinates: 15°1′48″N 91°9′0″W |
Country | Guatemala |
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Capital | Santa Cruz del Quiché |
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Municipalities | 21 |
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• Type | Departmental |
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• Governor | Otto Ervin Macz Hó |
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• Department | 8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi) |
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Highest elevation | 3,200 m (10,500 ft) |
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Lowest elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
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• Department | 949,261 |
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• Urban | 306,569 |
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• Ethnicities | Kʼicheʼ Ixil Uspantek Sakapultek Poqomchiʼ Ladino |
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• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
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Time zone | UTC-6 |
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ISO 3166 code | GT-QC |
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Crime in the Quiché department is low, the homicide rate of 3 per 100,000 people is more akin to Western Europe than to the Guatemalan region in general.[8]