Purulhá
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Purulhá is a town and municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. It is situated at 1,570 m (5,151 ft) above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 536 km² and the population was 56,822 at the 2018 census. The annual festival is June 10-June 13.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Purulhá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
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- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Baja Verapaz
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sebastián Castro García
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 536
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 56822
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 7901
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- Metric
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Guatemala
- Country
- Guatemala
- Located in
- Baja Verapaz Department
- Population
- 65340
- Area
- 248
- Elevation
- 1570
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Shares border with
- Tactic
- Official website
- www.inforpressca.com/purulha
- Dialing code
- 502
- Patron saint
- Anthony of Padua
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- inception
- 1809-00-00
- postal code
- 15008
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Verapaz Railroad
- Thomae family
- Climate
- Geographic location
- See also
- Notes and references
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Purulhá is a town and municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. It is situated at 1,570 m (5,151 ft) above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 536 km² and the population was 56,822 at the 2018 census. The annual festival is June 10-June 13.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purulhá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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