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Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos) which are in turn divided into 340 municipalities.

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.

Departments

Departments of Guatemala
Flag Coat of
Arms
Department Map # ISO 3166-2:GT Capital Area (km2) Population
(2018 Census)
Municipalities Location
Bandera de Alta Verapaz.svg Escudo de armas de Alta Verapaz.svg Alta Verapaz 1 GT-AV Cobán 8,686 1,215,038 17 Alta Verapaz in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala.png Baja Verapaz 2 GT-BV Salamá 3,124 299,476 8 Baja Verapaz in Guatemala.svg

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Coat of arms of Chimaltenango Department.png Chimaltenango 3 GT-CM Chimaltenango 1,979 615,776 16 Chimaltenango in Guatemala.svg
..Chiquimula Flag(GUATEMALA).png Coat of arms of Chiquimula.png Chiquimula 4 GT-CQ Chiquimula 2,376 415,063 11 Chiquimula in Guatemala.svg
Bandera PRO.JPG Progresolol.jpg El Progreso 6 GT-PR Guastatoya 1,922 176,632 8 El Progreso in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Escuintla.svg Coat of arms of Escuintla.svg Escuintla 8 GT-ES Escuintla 4,384 733,181 13 Escuintla in Guatemala.svg
Bandera del Departamento Guatemala.svg Escudo de Armas de la Ciudad de Guatemala.svg Guatemala Department 9 GT-GU Guatemala City 2,126 3,015,081 17 Guatemala in Guatemala.svg

Flag of Huehuetenango.gif

Coat of arms of Huehuetango.png Huehuetenango 10 GT-HU Huehuetenango 7,403 1,170,669 31 Huehuetenango in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Izabal Department.gif Coat of Arms of Izabal Department.png Izabal 11 GT-IZ Puerto Barrios 9,038 408,688 5 Izabal in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Jalapa Department, Guatemala.svg Coat of arms of Jalapa.png Jalapa 12 GT-JA Jalapa 2,063 342,923 7 Jalapa in Guatemala.svg
Vlagjutiapa.gif Coat of arms of Jutiapa.png Jutiapa 13 GT-JU Jutiapa 3,219 488,395 17 Jutiapa in Guatemala.svg
..El Petén Flag(GUATEMALA).png Coat of arms of Peten Department.png Petén 5 GT-PE Flores 35,854 545,600 12 Peten in Guatemala.svg
Vlagquetzaltenango.gif Coat of arms of Quetzaltenango.png Quetzaltenango 14 GT-QZ Quetzaltenango 1,951 799,101 24 Quetzaltenango in Guatemala.svg
..El Quiché Flag(GUATEMALA).png Coat of arms of Quiche.png Quiché 7 GT-QC Santa Cruz del Quiché 8,378 949,261 21 El Quiche in Guatemala.svg
Vlagretalhuleu.gif Retalol.jpg Retalhuleu 15 GT-RE Retalhuleu 1,856 326,828 9 Retalhuleu in Guatemala.svg
Bandera de Sacatepéquez.svg Coat of arms of Sacatapequez.png Sacatepéquez 16 GT-SA Antigua Guatemala 465 330,469 16 Sacatepequez in Guatemala.svg
Vlagsanmarcos.gif Coat of arms of San Marcos Department.png San Marcos 17 GT-SM San Marcos 2,397 1,032,277 29 San Marcos in Guatemala.svg
Flag of Santa Rosa Department.GIF Coat of arms of Santa Rosa.png Santa Rosa 18 GT-SR Cuilapa 2,295 396,607 14 Santa Rosa in Guatemala.svg
Vlagsolola.gif Coat of arms of Solola.png Sololá 19 GT-SO Sololá 1,061 421,583 19 Solola in Guatemala.svg
..Suchitepéquez Flag(GUATEMALA).png Coat of arms of Suchitepequez.png Suchitepéquez 20 GT-SU Mazatenango 2,510 554,695 20 Suchitepequez in Guatemala.svg
Bandera Totonicapán.svg Coat of arms of Totonicapan.png Totonicapán 21 GT-TO Totonicapán 1,061 418,569 8 Totonicapan in Guatemala.svg
..Zacapa Flag(GUATEMALA).png Coat of arms of Zacapa.png Zacapa 22 GT-ZA Zacapa 2,690 245,374 10 Zacapa in Guatemala.svg

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Departamentos de Guatemala para niños

  • ISO 3166-2:GT

External resources

  • Interactive map of Guatemalan departments and municipalities
  • statoid site
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