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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY—PUBLICATION NO. 4 
Statistical Data on Selected Municipios and Departamentos in Southwest Guatemala 
(see map 20) 
Departamento de Quezaltenango 
Departamento de Solola ’ (Highland: above 2,000 m.) 
Dominant Dominant 
language language 
Popula- Area (sq. | spoken by or Popula- Area (sq. | spoken by 
Municipio tion 1 km.) ? Indians ® Municipio tion 1 km.) * Indians 8 
San Lucas Toliman 5,775 70.9 Zz Salcaja (mostly Ladinos) 4,326 11 ra) 
Santiaga Atitlan 7,675 106 Z Gantellccarcnresrtersrss 6,657 62 @) 
Cerro de Oro AF Once LTO ne Str) c Zt Gites cerita eieaials 4,450 48 ie) 
Sanh: Pedrol geese. 2,226 24.5 Z Santa Maria ....... 546 10 0) 
Sans iitiantA-)s orate syare crs 1,228 18.9 Z Almolonga .......-+++e+> 3,087 16 @) 
IPAne DAT a ars sieselerejersserie se-ocefesll| ale isisjaicissate j|\ecaeievacesazele (a) Quezaltenango” oiss.:=2c0 sees 30,125 130 fa) 
Santa Clara 1,428 20.3 Q Sarita: Miaria’ ‘VOlCanO! ‘sree: sie/er||taraeie ecanatace 440 ateveatsisvae . 
Santa Maria Visitation ......... 399 8 Q San Martin Sacatepequez ...... 2,940 78 M 
Nahuala and Santa Catarina = Concepcién Chiquirichapa ....... 3,066 27 M 
Dxchalia Gane c/acars/s sieataian a s/ecesinye,0 24,525 270 Q San (Mateo! acts w'o.s.ocsamalnennn 967 22.8 oO 
Santa Lucia Wtatlag jis)... se1 4,36 32 (0) San WMiguelSicuila: ..s.cce sere 1,680 13.2 M 
SanteP abla tects ate ciejovsrledewe « averscotetecs 1,000 8 Z/Cr San Juan Ostuncaleo (formerly 
San Marcos 489 3.3 (03 San Juan Zacualpa) .......... 10,353 108.3 M 
Santa Cruz 1,197 9.5 (o Gat Olea eesiapetararsisieletorsicie'oxcierernieraarnte 3,192 23 M 
San José Chacayd .......00.000- 844 17.5 0) oS 3,738 52 (8) 
Solola Ses sriscsiecewiatewe-ss 11,319 112 Le SENT ati rafetatc nea esi aan meee eee 1,785 Sit M 
Concepcién 1,071 7.5 c San Carlos Sija (probably one-half 
Panajachel (some territory ais Tadinos). <.d< cesses ccceieeeets 6,100 99.3 Q 
puted with Chichicastenango) . 1,450 15.6? (S San Francisco la Union (W. of 
Santa Catarina Palopé .......... 844 4.2 Cc San Francisco el Alto)........ 1,743 28.9 (a) 
CODEC) satin are Bievasernracateiatsiell| nets Setucaieray il hetecsre.s slcserw QO Huitam (Ns of Sibilia) ce cae cay 1,764 12.3 M 
San Andrés Semetabaj ......... 1,600 53 ic Gabricany ensmvsauleves ssteenene re 2,625 21.3 M 
San Antonio Palopé ............ 1,963 25.5 Cc 
Totally Oe serene Sivie seleierateeeels 69,401 BOG:7 > |b eiccedte Re Total: ij2:ccrere oysic secorateisterere é 88,389 S15: Oi || have totereretetel 
iiake: Atitlin: area, ats.s:cias. |i e/accereees CU horses se 5 
Departamento de Totonicapdin Other areas for comparison ee eee 
Dominant Dominant 
language language 
’ Popula- Area (sq. | spoken by Popula- Area (sq. | spoken by 
Municipio ' tion? km.) ? Indians 8 Area tion 2 km.) ? Indians % 
Totonicapan ... 29,970 277 OQ Santo Tomas  Chichicastenango 
pee Cristébal . 11,448 40.2 (0) (Depto. Quiché) ........+---- 25,000 355 Q 
San Andrés Xectil 5,271 13.7 ie) Chicacao (Depto. Suchitepequez) 12,499 19324 >|) costes sone 
San Francisco el Alto .. 10,854 130 fa) Upper mo seemcton etaer soloreo ui|iaacta/sictanealleeeieeren:s Z (mostly). 
Santa Maria Chiquimula 8,043 111.6 0) (OWET Cieyernisrs’o cheia versyais S/eraid wie|| nereratesstaterney ||liecetetelenete rece Q and Sp. 
Momostenango ... 25,704 345.7 ra) (mostly). 
San Bartolomé . 1,197 25 fa) Retalhuleu (Depto.) ......+00+:: 37,145 | 1,719 Seeks 
Santa Lucia (E. of San Bar- Upper (San Sebastian and 
WOLOME) | faiswiayeejaresn heals dcaieiersers 1,593 49.6 Q ADOVE)/ a ydieiwiove.a: dsavenelatelate sietedly a eeieereaee a azasielereitere ||| Oand aoDps 
Fe ee etter coast (mostly Ladi- 
Pntal: iim soma cles atch tones 94,080 ORB | imaeieiaies ean A) PENQS) 5). dace: o\a'o"s'ara vnc siareiatare eco satenareteteteteten lf rama sreietevarere Sp. 
Towlend® Quezaltenango (under 
2,000 smd) temic 4'cie-oe ae aeiets 75,000 EYL a Soc ojala 
Wiper: half cjs\<:s:e:c1s <rosesarexans'oren| Geuatelatahereteten | eucveteteeiehets Q and Sp. 
Western piedmont, Coa- 
tEPEQUE .-.0:0c cic teres be eeapers erate Al einiexcidets M 
Lower hale (mostly Ladinos), i) :<.o¢,ceteere) ||| e1oetsteeiasale Sp. 
1 Population figures are from the 1921 census. 
» 2 Areas of municipios computed with graph paper, from municipio plottings made in the field on maps 20 and 3, respectively. 
Sapper, Andrade, and local sources. Language symbols: C = Cakchiquel; M = Mam; Q = Quiché; 
3 Linguistic data from Stoll, 
Z = Zutuhil; Sp. = Spanish. 
4 Included in the area for Quezaltenango. 
