Sololá Department

Sololá
Sololá
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
ISO 3166 code	GT-SO

Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá. Lake Atitlan is a key feature surrounded by a number of the municipalities.

Municipalities

Population

As of 1850, the area was populated mainly by K'iche' and Kaqchikel people.^[1]

Economy

Fertile soil makes Sololá a producer of maize, wheat, barley, vegetables, and fruit. Fruits include apples, cherries, cherimoya, peaches, and pears. Live stock is also common, and as 1850, the region had a large wool industry.^[1]

Ecology

The area is very mountainous and also sits on the sea. In 1850, the British described it as having a "healthy" climate "rather inclining to cold, or...temperate." Temperatures warm further south.^[1] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. pp. 80–83.

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[Baily1-1] Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. pp. 80–83.

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