Jalapa

Jalapa is a department of Guatemala. It is located in the south east of the country with the seat and capital at the city of Jalapa. The department incorporates seven municipalities.
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  • Type: department of Guatemala with 391,000 residents
  • Description: department of Guatemala
  • Also known as: Jalapa Department

Jalapa

Latitude
14.5833° or 14° 35′ north
Longitude
-89.9167° or 89° 55′ west
Population
391,000
Elevation
1,215 metres (3,986 feet)
Open location code
766GH3MM+88
Geo­Names ID
3595236
Wiki­data ID
Q795441
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Jalapa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إدارة جالابا
  • Basque: Jalapa
  • Bengali: জ্যাালাপা বিভাগ
  • Bosnian: Jalapa
  • Breton: Departamant Jalapa
  • Bulgarian: Халапа
  • Catalan: departament de Jalapa
  • Catalan: Departament de Jalapa
  • Cebuano: Departamento de Jalapa
  • Central Kurdish: خالاپا
  • Chinese: Jalapa Koān
  • Chinese: 哈拉帕省
  • Danish: Jalapa Department
  • Dutch: Jalapa
  • Esperanto: Departemento Halapo
  • Esperanto: Halapo
  • Esperanto: Jalapa
  • Finnish: Jalapan Departementti
  • French: Departement de Jalapa
  • French: Département de Jalapa
  • French: Jalapa
  • Galician: Departamento de Jalapa
  • Georgian: ხალაპის დეპარტამენტი
  • German: Departamento Jalapa
  • German: GT-JA
  • German: Jalapa
  • Greek: Τζαλάπα
  • Gujarati: જલાપા વિભાગ
  • Hindi: जालपा विभाग
  • Hungarian: Jalapa megye
  • Indonesian: Departemen jalapa
  • Indonesian: Departemen Jalapa
  • Italian: dipartimento di Jalapa
  • Italian: Dipartimento di Jalapa
  • Japanese: ハラパ県
  • Kannada: ಜಲಪ ಇಲಾಖೆ
  • Korean: 할라파주
  • Ladino: Jalapa
  • Latvian: Halapas departaments
  • Lithuanian: Chalapos departamentas
  • Malay: Jabatan Jalapa
  • Marathi: जलपा विभाग
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jalapa Koān
  • Northern Frisian: Jalapa (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: Jalapa
  • Northern Sami: Jalapa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jalapa
  • Norwegian: Jalapa
  • Persian: بخش جلاپا
  • Polish: Jalapa
  • Portuguese: Departamento de Jalapa
  • Portuguese: Jalapa
  • Quechua: Jalapa suyu
  • Russian: Халапа
  • Scots: Jalapa Depairtment
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jalapa (departman)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jalapa
  • Sinhala: ජලපා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
  • Slovak: Jalapa
  • Slovenian: Departamento Jalapa
  • Slovenian: Departma Jalapa
  • Slovenian: GT-JA
  • Spanish: Departamento de Jalapa
  • Spanish: Jalapa
  • Swedish: Departamento de Jalapa
  • Tamil: ஜலபா துறை
  • Telugu: జలాపా డిపార్ట్మెంట్
  • Telugu: జలాపా విభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดฮาลาปา
  • Turkish: Jalapa Departmanı
  • Ukrainian: Халапа
  • Urdu: خالاپا ڈیپارٹمنٹ
  • Urdu: خالاپا محکمہ
  • Vietnamese: Jalapa
  • Vietnamese: Khu hành chính Jalapa
  • Waray (Philippines): Jalapa (departamento ha Guatemala)
  • Waray (Philippines): Jalapa
  • Xālāpan

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