Sololá Department
Sololá | |
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Department | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Department of Solola | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department | Sololá |
| Capital | Sololá |
| Municipalities | 20 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,061 km2 (410 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2003)Estimaciones de SEGEPLAN, con base en la estructura del XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación. Guatemala, enero del 2003. INE | |
• Total | 307,661 |
| • Ethnicities | K'akchiquel Tz'utujil K'iche Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Time zone | -6 |
Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá.
Municipalities
- Concepción
- Nahualá
- Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
- Panajachel
- San Andrés Semetabaj
- San Antonio Palopó
- San José Chacayá
- San Juan La Laguna
- San Lucas Tolimán
- San Marcos La Laguna
- San Pablo La Laguna
- San Pedro La Laguna
- Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
- Santa Catarina Palopó
- Santa Clara La Laguna
- Santa Cruz La Laguna
- Santa Lucía Utatlán
- Santa María Visitación
- Santiago Atitlán
- Sololá
Ecology
Lago de Atitlán is located in Sololá.
Sports
CSD Saprissa de Guatemala is Solola's main football team and the most famous club in the department.
Notable people
- Lisandro Guarcax, Mayan cultural activist, teacher
- José Miguel Vasconcelos de la Torre, first Minister of Public Instruction for Guatemala
- Arsenio Ralón, violinist, composer
- Raúl Vitelio Ralón Afre, educator, founder of Radio Zamaneb
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