Jocotenango
Sign in to saveJocotenango (alternate: Xocotenango; translation from Kaqchikel: "place of many plums") is a town and small municipality in the northeast section of Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez, and is situated north of Antigua Guatemala. It has seven zones, two villages, and one hamlet. According to the 2018 census, the municipality has a total population of 21,657 of which 1,680 are native population and the rest are non-indigenous; and approximately 19,280 live in an urban area, while the rest are rural dwellers.
Key facts
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- Jocotenango
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- Municipality
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- Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Jocotenango, 2008.jpg
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- Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Jocotenango
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- Guatemala
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- rightb
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- Location in Guatemala
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- Country
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- Department
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- 25px Sacatepéquez
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- 10.4
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- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 21657
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 2100
- Settlement.population_urban
- 19280
- Settlement.timezone
- CST
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- −6
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- Climate
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- Notable people
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Jocotenango (alternate: Xocotenango; translation from Kaqchikel: "place of many plums") is a town and small municipality in the northeast section of Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez, and is situated north of Antigua Guatemala. It has seven zones, two villages, and one hamlet. According to the 2018 census, the municipality has a total population of 21,657 of which 1,680 are native population and the rest are non-indigenous; and approximately 19,280 live in an urban area, while the rest are rural dwellers.
Jocotenango is the birthplace of multi Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Ricardo Arjona.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jocotenango” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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