San Juan Cotzal
Cotzal | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 15°26′7″N 91°2′8″W / 15.43528°N 91.03556°W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Department | El Quiché |
Municipality | San Juan Cotzal |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal |
• Mayor | Baltazar Cruz Torres (PP) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 88 sq mi (227 km2) |
Elevation | 5,600 ft (1,700 m) |
Population (Census 2018)[1] | |
• Municipality | 31,532 |
• Density | 360/sq mi (140/km2) |
• Urban | 14,032 |
• Ethnicities | Ixil K'iche' Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | http://www.inforpressca.com/cotzal/ |
San Juan Cotzal (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwaŋ koˈtsal]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. San Juan Cotzal is part of the Ixil Community, along with Santa María Nebaj and San Gaspar Chajul.