Departments of Guatemala

The Republic of Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which in turn are divided into 340 municipalities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The departments are governed by a departmental governor, appointed by the President.

In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Evolution of Guatemala's territorial organization

• 19th century - The department surrounding British Honduras is called Verapaz by the British
• 1825 - The first seven departments officially established. Verapaz, Chiquimula, Guatemala/Escuintla, Sacatepéquez/Chimaltenango, Soconusco, Totonicapán/Huehuetenango, and Suchitepéquez/Sololá.
• 1838-02-02 - Suchitepéquez/Sololá, Totonicapán/Huehuetenango break away as the Republic of Los Altos
• 1939 - Los Altos reincorporated
• 1845-09-16 - Quetzaltenango department established by decree.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1866-05-08 - Huehuetenango, Petén and San Marcos departments established.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1871-11-10 - Chiquimula department reduced by establishment of the Zacapa department and a part of the Izabal department.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1872-08-12 - Quiché department created from
• 1908-04-13 - Part of El Progreso department created from western Zacapa.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1919-12 - El Progreso department renamed to Estrada Cabrera.<ref name=":0">Template:Citation</ref>
• 1920-06-09 - Estrada Cabrera department dissolved.<ref name=":0" />
• 1934 - El Progreso department reestablished.<ref name=":0" />

List of departments

Departments of Guatemala<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Flag	Coat	Department	Capital	Largest city	Pop. (2018)	Area (km2)	Munici- palities	ISO<ref>ISO 3166-2:GT (ISO 3166-2 codes for the departments of Guatemala)</ref>	Map
		Alta Verapaz	Cobán	San Pedro Carchá	1,215,038	8,686	17	GT-16
		Baja Verapaz	Salamá		299,476	3,124	8	GT-15
		Chimaltenango	Chimaltenango		615,776	1,979	16	GT-04
		Chiquimula	Chiquimula		415,063	2,376	11	GT-20
		El Progreso	Guastatoya	San Agustín Acasaguastlán	176,632	1,922	8	GT-02
	Error creating thumbnail:	Escuintla	Escuintla		733,181	4,384	13	GT-05	File:Escuintla in Guatemala.svg
File:Bandera del Departamento Guatemala.svg	File:Escudo de Armas de la Ciudad de Guatemala.svg	Guatemala	Guatemala City		3,015,081	2,126	17	GT-01	File:Guatemala in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Huehuetenango Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Huehuetango.png	Huehuetenango	Huehuetenango		1,170,669	7,403	31	GT-13	File:Huehuetenango in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Izabal Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Izabal Department.svg	Izabal	Puerto Barrios		408,688	9,038	5	GT-18	File:Izabal in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Jalapa Department, Guatemala.svg	File:Coat of arms of Jalapa.png	Jalapa	Jalapa		342,923	2,063	7	GT-21	File:Jalapa in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Jutiapa Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Jutiapa Department.svg	Jutiapa	Jutiapa		488,395	3,219	17	GT-22	File:Jutiapa in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of El Petén Department.svg	File:Coat of Arms of Petén Department.svg	Petén	Flores	Sayaxché	545,600	35,854	12	GT-17	File:Peten in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Quetzaltenango Department.svg	File:Escudo de Quetzaltenango.svg	Quetzaltenango	Quetzaltenango		799,101	1,951	24	GT-09	File:Quetzaltenango in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Quiché Department.svg	File:Escudo de armas del departamento de Quiché.svg	Quiché	Santa Cruz del Quiché	Chichicastenango	949,261	8,378	21	GT-14	File:El Quiche in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Retahuleu Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Retalhuleu Department.svg	Retalhuleu	Retalhuleu		326,828	1,856	9	GT-11	File:Retalhuleu in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Sacatepéquez Department.svg	File:Escudo de armas de Sacatepéquez.svg	Sacatepéquez	Antigua		330,469	465	16	GT-03	File:Sacatepequez in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of San Marcos Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of San Marcos Department.svg	San Marcos	San Marcos	Malacatán	1,032,277	2,397	29	GT-12	File:San Marcos in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Santa Rosa Department.svg	File:Escudo de Santa Rosa y Cuilapa.svg	Santa Rosa	Cuilapa	Barberena	396,607	2,295	14	GT-06	File:Santa Rosa in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Sololá Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Sololá Department.svg	Sololá	Sololá		421,583	1,061	19	GT-07	File:Solola in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Suchitepéquez Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Suchitepéquez Department.svg	Suchitepéquez	Mazatenango		554,695	2,510	20	GT-10	File:Suchitepequez in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Totonicapán Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Totonicapan.png	Totonicapán	Totonicapán	Momostenango	418,569	1,061	8	GT-08	File:Totonicapan in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Zacapa Department.svg	File:Coat of arms of Zacapa Department.svg	Zacapa	Zacapa		245,374	2,690	10	GT-19	File:Zacapa in Guatemala.svg
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg	File:Coat of arms of Guatemala with background.svg	–	–		14,901,286	106,838	332	GT	–
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See also

• List of cities in Guatemala
• List of regions of Guatemala by HDI

External links

• Interactive map of Guatemalan departments and municipalities
• statoid site