Chinique | |
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Country | Guatemala |
Department | El Quiché |
Municipality | Chinique de las Flores |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal |
Area | |
• City | 16 sq mi (41 km2) |
Highest elevation | 7,580 ft (2,310 m) |
Lowest elevation | 3,924 ft (1,196 m) |
Population (Census 2002) | |
• City | 8,009 |
• Urban | 2,290 |
• Ethnicities | K'iche' Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
Climate | Cwb |
Website | http://www.inforpressca.com/chinique/ |
Chinique, from the Kʼicheʼ language «chinic´aj taka´aj»,[1] is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.[2] In 1892 Alfred Maudslay and his wife Anne reported that the place was a small group of houses made from adobe with thatched roofs.[3] Its population as of 2023 is 14,052.[4]