Esquipulas
Sign in to saveEsquipulas (Nahuatl: Isquitzuchil, "place where flowers abound"), officially Municipality of Esquipulas, whose original name was Yzquipulas, is a town, with a population of 18,667 (2018 census), and a municipality located in the department of Chiquimula, in eastern Guatemala. Esquipulas' main attraction is the beautiful located in the Basilica of Esquipulas, making the town an important place of Catholic pilgrimage for Central America. It is also one of the most important towns of the country and one that has had the most economic and cultural growth.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Esquipulas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Basilique d'Esquipulas.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Basilica of Esquipulas
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chiquimula Department
- Settlement.leader_title1
- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 495
- Settlement.population_total
- 53556
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
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Article
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-Hispanic
- Culture Chorti
- Kingdom Payaqui
- 16th Century
- Spanish colonization
- Conquest of Isquitzuchil
- Esquipulas
- Catholicism in Esquipulas
- Education
- Esquipulan Winners in the ONC (USAC)
- Tourism
- Basilica of Esquipulas
- Stone of the Compadres
- Mine Cave
- Park Chatún
- Agriculture
- Religion
- The Basilica
- Tierra Santa tablets
- Culture
- Beauty contests
- Climate
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Esquipulas (Nahuatl: Isquitzuchil, "place where flowers abound"), officially Municipality of Esquipulas, whose original name was Yzquipulas, is a town, with a population of 18,667 (2018 census), and a municipality located in the department of Chiquimula, in eastern Guatemala. Esquipulas' main attraction is the beautiful located in the Basilica of Esquipulas, making the town an important place of Catholic pilgrimage for Central America. It is also one of the most important towns of the country and one that has had the most economic and cultural growth.
In 2002, it was registered on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list.