El Adelanto is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the Jutiapa department

Departments of Guatemala

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 of Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

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Geography

El Adelanto is located in Southeastern Guatemala, 150 km away from Guatemala City

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

 and 32 km SE of Jutiapa

Jutiapa

Jutiapa is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala. Located 124 km from the city of Guatemala at an altitude of 892 m , it is the capital of the department of Jutiapa....

, the seat of the Department of Jutiapa.

To the North it borders with the municipality of Jutiapa

Jutiapa

Jutiapa is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala. Located 124 km from the city of Guatemala at an altitude of 892 m , it is the capital of the department of Jutiapa....

, to the East with Yupiltepeque

Yupiltepeque

Yupiltepeque is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala. Yupiltepeque is a small town with about 13,000 inhabitants. The area is surrounded by a forest.-External links:*...

, to the South with Zapotitlán

Zapotitlán

Zapotitlán is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala....

 and Comapa

Comapa

Comapa is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala....

, and to the West with the municipality of Comapa

Comapa

Comapa is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala....

. The municipal seat is also known as El Adelanto.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census, the municipality had 6398 inhabitants. However, the website of the municipality also makes reference to a total population of 5313 inhabitants.

External links

• El Adelanto Municipal Website (Spanish)
• El Adelanto - Asociación Nacional de Municipalidades de la República de Guatemala Official information about the municipal government (Spanish)