Santa Cruz La Laguna

Santa Cruz La Laguna
Municipality and town
Santa Cruz La Laguna
Santa Cruz La Laguna
Santa Cruz La Laguna is located in Guatemala
Santa Cruz La Laguna
Santa Cruz La Laguna
location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°44′40.2″N 91°12′25.2″W / 14.744500°N 91.207000°W / 14.744500; -91.207000
Country Guatemala
DepartmentSololá
Area
 • Total
12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
1,665 m (5,463 ft)
Highest elevation
2,520 m (8,270 ft)
Lowest elevation
1,562 m (5,125 ft)
Population
 (Census 2002)
 • Total
4,192
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Time)
Postal code
07014
Country calling code502
ClimateCwb

Santa Cruz La Laguna is a municipality located on the northern shore of Lago de Atitlán in the Sololá department of Guatemala. It consists of the villages of Santa Cruz La Laguna and Tzununá as well as four smaller villages (caseríos).[1] As of 2018 the estimated population is 9,392 people[2] and the area is populated almost entirely by the Kaq'chikel indigenous Maya people.[3]

  1. ^ "MUNICIPIO DE SANTA CRUZ LA LAGUNA DEPARTAMENTO DE SOLOLÁ, 2008" (PDF). FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA.
  2. ^ "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA Guatemala: Estimaciones de la Población total por municipio. Período 2008-2020" (PDF). Organismo Judicial de la República de Guatemala.
  3. ^ "Amigos de Santa Cruz, About the Santa Cruz Communities". Retrieved 9 November 2018.