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Departments and municipalities

Main articles: Departments of Guatemala and Municipalities of Guatemala
Departments of Guatemala
Departments of Guatemala

Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (departamentos) and sub-divided into about 332 municipalities (municipios).

The departments include:

  1. Alta Verapaz
  2. Baja Verapaz
  3. Chimaltenango
  4. Chiquimula
  5. Petn
  6. El Progreso
  7. El Quich
  8. Escuintla
  9. Guatemala
  10. Huehuetenango
  11. Izabal
  1. Jalapa
  2. Jutiapa
  3. Quetzaltenango
  4. Retalhuleu
  5. Sacatepquez
  6. San Marcos
  7. Santa Rosa
  8. Solol
  9. Suchitepquez
  10. Totonicapn
  11. Zacapa

Guatemala is heavily centralized. Transportation, communications, business, politics, and most relevant urban activity takes place in Guatemala City, the largest city in Central America.

Guatemala City has about 2 million inhabitants within the city limits and more than 5 million within in the urban area. This is a significant percentage of the population (12 million).