Chinique
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Chinique | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  El Quiché |
| Municipality | Chinique de las Flores |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| 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 |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Website | http://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]
