Cuyotenango
Sign in to saveCuyotenango is a town and municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It has a population of 38,791.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Cuyotenango
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Suchitepéquez
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 92.5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 33436
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 8332
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- Population
- 36201
- Area
- 92.5
- Elevation
- 334
- Dialing code
- 502
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- postal code
- 10002
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Cuyotenango is a town and municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It has a population of 38,791.
Cuyotenango was founded around the 16th century, and its name in Nahuatl literally means "Fortification of the Coyote", a name given by the Mexican soldiers accompanying Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conquistador of Guatemala. There is a beach called Tulate, a vacation spot of Semana Santa (Holy Week).
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