Champerico
Sign in to saveChamperico is a town and municipality in the Retalhuleu department in southwestern Guatemala. It is a popular vacation spot for Guatemalans in the region. The picturesque beach town was founded on the Pacific Ocean in 1872, and the paved road to Retalhuleu makes Champerico one of the most important ports on the Pacific. The port handles mostly coffee, timber and sugar. Its population in 2023 is 39,666.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Champerico
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Champerico Retalhuleu, Guatemala.jpg
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Retalhuleu
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 361
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 32815
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 9941
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Guatemala
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Retalhuleu Department
- Population
- 38570
- Area
- 0.42
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Shares border with
- Retalhuleu
- Official website
- www.inforpressca.com/champerico
- Image
- Deforestation in Guatemala.jpg
- Dialing code
- 502
- Patron saint
- Christ Child
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- postal code
- 11007
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- Commons category
- Champerico
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Champerico is a town and municipality in the Retalhuleu department in southwestern Guatemala. It is a popular vacation spot for Guatemalans in the region. The picturesque beach town was founded on the Pacific Ocean in 1872, and the paved road to Retalhuleu makes Champerico one of the most important ports on the Pacific. The port handles mostly coffee, timber and sugar. Its population in 2023 is 39,666.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Champerico” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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