Huehuetenango Department

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Huehuetenango Department is a highland region in western Guatemala known for its rugged mountains, indigenous Maya communities, and renowned coffee production.

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Label Occurrences
Huehuetenango Department canonical 14
Department of Huehuetenango 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Guatemala
administrativeDivisionOf Guatemala
surface form: Republic of Guatemala
borderWith El Quiché Department
Mexico
Quiché Department
San Marcos Department
Totonicapán Department
capital Huehuetenango, Guatemala
surface form: Huehuetenango
climate varied highland climate
coffeeGrownAtAltitude high altitudes
coffeeRegionOf Guatemala
country Guatemala
hasBorderType international land border with Mexico
hasEthnicGroup Akatek
surface form: Akatek Maya

Chuj Maya
Ladino
Mam Maya
Qʼanjobʼal Maya
hasIndigenousLanguages Akatek
Chuj
Lacandon
Mam
Poptiʼ
Qʼeqchiʼ
surface form: Qeqchiʼ

Qʼanjobʼal
hasMountainRange Sierra de los Cuchumatanes
hasMunicipalities Aguacatán Municipality
Barillas Municipality
Huehuetenango Municipality
Jacaltenango Municipality
Nentón Municipality
San Mateo Ixtatán Municipality
Santa Eulalia Municipality
Todos Santos Cuchumatán Municipality
hasNotableTown Huehuetenango, Guatemala
surface form: Huehuetenango

Jacaltenango
Todos Santos Cuchumatán
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPopulationGroup indigenous majority in many municipalities
highestPoint Sierra de los Cuchumatanes
ISO3166-2Code GT-HU
knownFor high-quality coffee production
indigenous Maya communities
rugged mountains
locatedIn western Guatemala
partOf Guatemala Highlands
surface form: Guatemalan Highlands
regionType highland region
timeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guatemala Highlands contains Huehuetenango Department
Mam region Huehuetenango Department
San Marcos Department bordersWith Huehuetenango Department
Qʼanjobʼal region Huehuetenango Department
Jakaltek geographicDistribution Huehuetenango Department
Tektitek region Huehuetenango Department
Huehuetenango, Guatemala isIn Huehuetenango Department
Huehuetenango, Guatemala capitalOf Huehuetenango Department
Huehuetenango, Guatemala partOf Huehuetenango Department
Mam language region Huehuetenango Department
Quiché Department borderedBy Huehuetenango Department
Alta Verapaz Department borders Huehuetenango Department
Quetzaltenango Department borderedBy Huehuetenango Department
Central Mam spokenIn Huehuetenango Department
this entity surface form: Department of Huehuetenango