Chisec

Chisec
—  Municipality  —
Chisec Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°48′45″N 90°19′18″W / 15.8125°N 90.32167°W / 15.8125; -90.32167
Country	Guatemala
Department	Alta Verapaz
Municipality	Chisec
Government
– Type	Municipal
– Mayor
Elevation	230 m (755 ft)
Population (Census 2002)[1]
– Municipality	69,325
– Urban	12,775
– Ethnicities	Q'eqchi', Ladino
– Religions	Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Website	http://munichisec.gob.gt/

Chisec is a municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz that was founded in 1813. It is situated at 230m above sea level at 15°48′45″N 90°17′18″W / 15.812570°N 90.288391°W / 15.812570; -90.288391 (Chisec)Coordinates: 15°48′45″N 90°17′18″W / 15.812570°N 90.288391°W / 15.812570; -90.288391 (Chisec). The municipality covers a territory of 1488 km². Approximately 95% of the municipality's inhabitants are Mayan, spread over the town of Chisec and approximately 140 communities. (There used to be closer to 240 communities, but a number of these have officially split off to the new municipality of Raxruha, created by the Guatemalan Congress in 2008.) Q'eqchi' is widely spoken there alongside Spanish.

References

1. ^ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php?view=article&catid=42%3Ademografiaypoblacion&id=75%3Acenso2002&option=com_content&Itemid=69. 

External links

• Muni in Spanish
• INE - XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)
• Visit Chisec
• Community based ecotourism in Chisec