El Progreso is a department

Departments of Guatemala

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 in 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...

. The capital is Guastatoya

Guastatoya

Guastatoya is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of El Progreso. Guastatoya is home to the Guastatoya Water Park. It is located 73 km from the city of Guatemala.-Sports:...

 and the largest city is Sanarate

Sanarate

Sanarate is the largest city in the El Progreso department of Guatemala.Sanarate is a town within El Progreso. Sanarate has 43 aldeas...

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Municipalities

1. El Jícaro
   El Jícaro, El Progreso
   El Jícaro is a municipality in the El Progreso department of Guatemala....
   
   
2. Guastatoya
3. Morazán
   Morazán, El Progreso
   Morazán is a municipality in the El Progreso Department of Guatemala.Morazán is situated at 349.5 m above sea level, and covers a terrain of 329 km²....
   
   
4. San Agustín Acasaguastlán
   San Agustín Acasaguastlán
   San Agustín Acasaguastlán is a municipality in the El Progreso department of Guatemala....
   
   
5. San Antonio La Paz
   San Antonio La Paz
   San Antonio La Paz is a municipality in the El Progreso department of Guatemala. It is situated at 1240 m above sea level. It covers a terrain of 209 km². San Antonio has improved in the past couple of years. San Antonio has two pharmacies and many doctors...
   
   
6. San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán
   San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán
   San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán is a town in the El Progreso department of Guatemala. San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán is located on the northern bank of the Motagua River at an altitude of 250 m. It had a population of 6,129 people at the 2002 census, and covers a territory of...
   
   
7. Sanarate
   Sanarate
   Sanarate is the largest city in the El Progreso department of Guatemala.Sanarate is a town within El Progreso. Sanarate has 43 aldeas...
   
   
8. Sansarate

El Progreso is the smallest department in population in Guatemala,
having a 99% of Spanish-native speakers. it's situated in the central
part of Guatemala, next to the Guatemala city to the East, to Baja Verapaz in the South, to Zacapa to the west, and to Jalapa the north.
The climate in El Progreso variates depending on the region, to the
east is hotter than the west, and it also has great extensions of desert-like lands,
with cactus on the mountains when it doesn't rain. Near the Motagua river,
the largest in Guatemala that crosses all over El Progreso to Zacapa,
in direction to Izabal, it can be found big extensions of green lands,
and cities and villages near it. The Motagua river often overfloods during the rainy season.
Leaving many families without houses and lands near it.

External links

1. Interactive department map
2. GuastatoyaEnLinea.com Comunidad Guastatoyana