Departments of Guatemala facts for kids

Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos) which are in turn divided into 340 municipalities.

In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.

Departments

Departments of Guatemala

Flag	Coat of Arms	Department	Map #	ISO 3166-2:GT	Capital	Area (km2)	Population (2018 Census)	Municipalities	Location
		Alta Verapaz	1	GT-AV	Cobán	8,686	1,215,038	17
		Baja Verapaz	2	GT-BV	Salamá	3,124	299,476	8
		Chimaltenango	3	GT-CM	Chimaltenango	1,979	615,776	16
		Chiquimula	4	GT-CQ	Chiquimula	2,376	415,063	11
		El Progreso	6	GT-PR	Guastatoya	1,922	176,632	8
		Escuintla	8	GT-ES	Escuintla	4,384	733,181	13
		Guatemala Department	9	GT-GU	Guatemala City	2,126	3,015,081	17
		Huehuetenango	10	GT-HU	Huehuetenango	7,403	1,170,669	31
		Izabal	11	GT-IZ	Puerto Barrios	9,038	408,688	5
		Jalapa	12	GT-JA	Jalapa	2,063	342,923	7
		Jutiapa	13	GT-JU	Jutiapa	3,219	488,395	17
		Petén	5	GT-PE	Flores	35,854	545,600	12
		Quetzaltenango	14	GT-QZ	Quetzaltenango	1,951	799,101	24
		Quiché	7	GT-QC	Santa Cruz del Quiché	8,378	949,261	21
		Retalhuleu	15	GT-RE	Retalhuleu	1,856	326,828	9
		Sacatepéquez	16	GT-SA	Antigua Guatemala	465	330,469	16
		San Marcos	17	GT-SM	San Marcos	2,397	1,032,277	29
		Santa Rosa	18	GT-SR	Cuilapa	2,295	396,607	14
		Sololá	19	GT-SO	Sololá	1,061	421,583	19
		Suchitepéquez	20	GT-SU	Mazatenango	2,510	554,695	20
		Totonicapán	21	GT-TO	Totonicapán	1,061	418,569	8
		Zacapa	22	GT-ZA	Zacapa	2,690	245,374	10

See also

In Spanish: Departamentos de Guatemala para niños

• ISO 3166-2:GT

External resources

• Interactive map of Guatemalan departments and municipalities
• statoid site