Mataquescuintla | |
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Municipality | |
 Mataquescuintla seen from Miramundo and Pino Dulce | |
  Location within Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°32′1″N 90°11′2″W / 14.53361°N 90.18389°W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  Jalapa |
| Villa | 1848 |
| Incorporated | 1848 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Mataquescuintla municipal council |
| • Mayor of Mataquescuintla | Hugo Manfredo Loy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 262 km2 (101 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,727 m (5,000 ft) |
| Population (2018 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 41,848 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9,833 |
| Demonyms |
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| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central America) |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Website | Mataquescuintla municipality |
Mataquescuintla (from Nahuatl, meaning net to catch dogs) is a town and municipality in the Jalapa department of south-east Guatemala.[2] It covers 262 square kilometres (101 sq mi).[3]
Mataquescuintla played a significant role during the first half of the nineteenth century, when it was the center of operations of conservative general Rafael Carrera, who led a Catholic peasant revolution against the liberal government of Mariano Gálvez in 1838, and then ruled Guatemala from 1840 until his death in 1865.
It is divided into 6 zones. [4]
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Escalante Herrera 2007.
- ^ Cuyán Tahuite 2005.
- ^ Woodward 1993.