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Chinique

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Chinique
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
MunicipalityChinique de las Flores
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
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
ClimateCwb
Websitehttp://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]

References

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  1. ^ XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) Instituto Nacional de Estadística
  2. ^ Tetzagüic, Manuel de Jesús Salazar (2003). Culturas e interculturalidad de Guatemala. Universidad Rafael Landírvar. p. 6.
  3. ^ A Glimpse at Guatemala by Maudslay and Maudslay Published in 1899, page 75
  4. ^ "Chinique (Municipality, Guatemala) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
Climate data for Chinique
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 19.8
(67.6)
21.0
(69.8)
22.5
(72.5)
23.3
(73.9)
23.0
(73.4)
21.6
(70.9)
21.3
(70.3)
22.0
(71.6)
21.6
(70.9)
20.8
(69.4)
20.6
(69.1)
20.2
(68.4)
21.5
(70.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.0
(57.2)
14.6
(58.3)
16.0
(60.8)
17.0
(62.6)
17.6
(63.7)
17.0
(62.6)
16.5
(61.7)
16.6
(61.9)
16.6
(61.9)
16.0
(60.8)
15.0
(59.0)
14.4
(57.9)
15.9
(60.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 8.2
(46.8)
8.3
(46.9)
9.5
(49.1)
10.8
(51.4)
12.3
(54.1)
12.5
(54.5)
11.8
(53.2)
11.2
(52.2)
11.6
(52.9)
11.2
(52.2)
9.4
(48.9)
8.6
(47.5)
10.5
(50.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6
(0.2)
5
(0.2)
12
(0.5)
33
(1.3)
90
(3.5)
239
(9.4)
180
(7.1)
173
(6.8)
193
(7.6)
125
(4.9)
41
(1.6)
5
(0.2)
1,102
(43.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

  1. ^ "Climate: Chinique". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.