Jutiapa Department

Jutiapa
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Jutiapa
Country	Guatemala
Department	Jutiapa
Capital	Jutiapa
Municipalities	17
Government
• Type	Departmental
Population (Census 2002)[1][2]
• Religions	Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Time zone	-6

Jutiapa is a department of Guatemala that borders along El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean. The capital is the city of Jutiapa. It has a population of about 489,085. The population is ethnically "mestizo" (European and non-indigenous) Though in the northern regions of Jutiapa there are few descendents that once belonged to the now extinct xinca population. The indigenous population is non existent today in Jutiapa with traditional language and culture no longer conserved or practiced. The department is divided into seventeen municipalities. Jutiapa is the country's southeastern-most department. The main crops are sorghum, tobacco, onion and corn. The climate is dry. An important attraction is the cattle fair. It is at 405 m above sea level.

The coat of arms contains the cornucopia symbolizing Jutiapa as the barn of the East, supplying Guatemala with most of the grain consumed by the people. The horse and the cow represent the cattle; the books stand for educational and cultural advances. In the background sits La Cruz hill, the firm guardian of the departmental chief town, with the tower or antenna of a Jutiapa radio station. Behind the hill float the clouds, the sky and the sun of Jutiapa, "The Sun City". This coat of arms is placed on the flag between two laurel branches symbolizing the daily triumphs of the sons of Jutiapa. The flag is mainly white, showing in its center the coat of arms adapted and adroned, between two laurel branches.

Municipalities

1. Agua Blanca
2. Asunción Mita
3. Atescatempa
4. Comapa
5. Conguaco
6. El Adelanto
7. El Progreso
8. Jalpatagua
9. Jerez
10. Jutiapa
11. Moyuta
12. Pasaco
13. Quesada
14. San José Acatempa
15. Santa Catarina Mita
16. Yupiltepeque
17. Zapotitlán

References

1. "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002.
2. "Comunidad Lingüística Ch'orti'". Academia de Lenguas Mayas. 2008. Retrieved 2008.

External links

• Interactive department map

Coordinates: 14°16′58″N 89°53′33″W / 14.28278°N 89.89250°W