Escuintla is one of the 22 departments

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...

. Its capital is the city of Escuintla

Escuintla

Escuintla is a city in south central Guatemala. It is the capital of the Escuintla Department and the administrative seat of Escuintla Municipality....

. The department of Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region to the South of Guatemala-City, bordered by the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product of Guatemala. It is statistically the department, province or region in Mesoamerica with the lowest unemployment and extreme poverty.

Municipalities

1. Escuintla
2. Guanagazapa
   Guanagazapa
   Guanagazapa is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
   
   
3. Iztapa
   Iztapa
   Iztapa, or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.Located in the shores of Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its population is about 15,000 people.-Archaeology:Fishtail points, the most...
   
   
4. La Democracia
   La Democracia, Escuintla
   La Democracia is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. It is most notable for the crude Olmec-influenced carved stone heads from the Monte Alto culture now on display around the town square. The town possesses a small archaeological museum, the Museo Regional de Arqueología de la...
   
   
5. La Gomera
   La Gomera, Escuintla
   La Gomera is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
   
   
6. Masagua
   Masagua
   Masagua is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
   
   
7. Nueva Concepción
   Nueva Concepción, Escuintla
   Nueva Concepción is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.-Sports:Deportivo Nueva Concepción football club have been playing in the second tier of Guatemalan football since the 2001/2002 season....
   
   
8. Palín
   Palín, Escuintla
   Palín is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The town of Palín, which is the municipal seat, is located on the foothills of the Sierra Madre volcanic chain, South of Guatemala-City.Palín was formally established as a municipality in 1935....
   
   
9. San José
   San José, Escuintla
   San José is a small town where the weather is usually hot. It is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The municipal seat is the port city of Puerto San José the old port. The municipality also contains Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala's main Pacific Ocean port....
   
   
10. San Vicente Pacaya
    San Vicente Pacaya
    San Vicente Pacaya is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
    
    
11. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
    Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
    Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.The municipality includes the pre-Columbian archaeological sites of El Baúl and Bilbao....
    
    
12. Siquinalá
    Siquinalá
    Siquinalá is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The population is approximately 23,000. The municipality is 81 km from Guatemala City, situated between the municipalities of Escuintla, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, and La Democracia, linked to Siquinalá by road, which...
    
    
13. Tiquisate
    Tiquisate
    Tiquisate is a a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
    
    

Museums

Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia

Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia, Escuintla

The Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia is an archaeological museum in the municipality of La Democracia in the department of Escuintla in Guatemala...

External links

• Interactive department map