Huehuetenango
Huehuetenango
Xinabahul | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
The city center of Huehuetenango | |
| Nickname: Huehue | |
| Coordinates: 15°18′53″N 91°28′34″W / 15.31472°N 91.47611°W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | Huehuetenango |
| Municipality | Huehuetenango |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gustavo Cano (Lidet) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 222 km2 (86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,901 m (6,237 ft) |
| Population (census 2018) | |
• Municipality | 117,818 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 117,818 |
| • Ethnicities | Mam Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Climate | Cwb |
Huehuetenango ([weweteˈnaŋɡo]) is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated 269 kilometres (167 mi) from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before the Mexican border at La Mesilla. Its primary export is coffee.