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Sololá Department

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Sololá
Department
Flag of Sololá
Coat of arms of Sololá
Department of Solola
Department of Solola
Country Guatemala
DepartmentSololá
CapitalSololá
Municipalities20
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
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
Lake Atitlán from Panajachel

Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá.

Municipalities

  1. Concepción
  2. Nahualá
  3. Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
  4. Panajachel
  5. San Andrés Semetabaj
  6. San Antonio Palopó
  7. San José Chacayá
  8. San Juan La Laguna
  9. San Lucas Tolimán
  10. San Marcos La Laguna
  11. San Pablo La Laguna
  12. San Pedro La Laguna
  13. Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
  14. Santa Catarina Palopó
  15. Santa Clara La Laguna
  16. Santa Cruz La Laguna
  17. Santa Lucía Utatlán
  18. Santa María Visitación
  19. Santiago Atitlán
  20. Sololá

Ecology

Lago de Atitlán is located in Sololá.

Sports

Saprissa de Guatemala is Solola's main football team and the most famous club in the department.