Escuintla
Sign in to saveEscuintla () is an industrial city in Guatemala, its land area is 4,384 km2, and it is nationally known for its sugar agribusiness. Its capital is a municipality with the same name. Citizens celebrate from December 6 to 9 with a small fair in honor of the Catholic religious holiday of The Immaculate Conception.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Escuintla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Palin, Guatemala - panoramio (1).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Escuintla, Guatemala
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Escuintla Department.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Coat_of_arms_of_Escuintla.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Escuintla
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Escuintla
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Escuintla Department
- Population
- 170280
- Area
- 332
- Elevation
- 343
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Escuintla Department
- Shares border with
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
- Image
- EsquintlaGuatemala.jpg
- Dialing code
- 502
- Patron saint
- Immaculate Conception of Mary
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- Commons category
- Escuintla
- postal code
- 05001
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Category:Amsterdam
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Geography
- Geographic location
- Transportation
- Municipal Government
- Sports
- Climate
- Notable people
- Geographic location
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Infobox settlement
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Escuintla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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