Escuintla Department

Escuintla is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital of the department is the city of . Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km2 and is situated in the coastal lowland region, directly south of , and bordered by the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: department of Guatemala with 733,000 residents
  • Description: department of Guatemala
  • Also known as: Escuintla

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balberta.

Archaeological site
is a major Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of southern , belonging to the Maya civilization. It has been dated to the Early Classic period and is the only known major site on the Guatemalan Pacific coastal plain to have exposed Early Classic architecture that has not been buried under posterior Late Classic construction. is situated 7 km east of Escuintla Department.

Escuintla Department

Latitude
14.1667° or 14° 10′ north
Longitude
-91° or 91° west
Population
733,000
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
Open location code
766F5282+M2
Geo­Names ID
3595802
Wiki­data ID
Q795587
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Escuintla Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إدارة إسكوينتلا
  • Basque: Escuintla
  • Bengali: এস্কুইন্টাল বিভাগ
  • Bosnian: Escuintla
  • Breton: Departamant Escuintla
  • Bulgarian: Ескуинтла
  • Catalan: departament d’Escuintla
  • Catalan: Departament d’Escuintla
  • Cebuano: Departamento de Escuintla
  • Chinese: Escuintla Koān
  • Chinese: 埃斯昆特拉省
  • Danish: Escuintla Department
  • Dutch: Escuintla
  • Esperanto: Departemento Eskvintlo
  • Esperanto: Escuintla
  • Esperanto: Eskvintlo
  • Finnish: Escuintlan departmentti
  • French: Département d’Escuintla
  • French: Escuintla
  • Galician: Departamento de Escuintla
  • Georgian: ესკუინტლას დეპარტამენტი
  • German: Departamento Escuintla
  • German: Escuintla
  • German: GT-ES
  • Greek: Εσκουίντλα
  • Gujarati: એસકુઇન્ત્લા વિભાગ
  • Hindi: एसक्युइंटला
  • Hungarian: Escuintla megye
  • Indonesian: Departemen Escuintla
  • Italian: Dipartimento di Escuintla
  • Italian: Escuintla
  • Japanese: エスクィントラ県
  • Japanese: エスクイントラ県
  • Kannada: ಎಸ್ಕುಂಟಿಲಾ ಇಲಾಖೆ
  • Korean: 에스쿠인틀라주
  • Ladino: Escuintla
  • Latvian: Eskuintlas departaments
  • Lithuanian: Eskuintlos departamentas
  • Malay: Escuintla Department
  • Marathi: एसकइन्टला विभाग
  • Min Nan Chinese: Escuintla Koān
  • Northern Frisian: Escuintla (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: Escuintla
  • Northern Sami: Escuintla
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Escuintla
  • Norwegian: Escuintla
  • Persian: بخش اسکوینتلا
  • Polish: Escuintla
  • Portuguese: Departamento de Escuintla
  • Portuguese: Escuintla
  • Quechua: Escuintla suyu
  • Russian: Эскуинтла
  • Scots: Escuintla Depairtment
  • Serbo-Croatian: Escuintla (departman)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Escuintla
  • Sinhala: එස්කුයින්ට්ලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
  • Slovak: Escuintla
  • Slovenian: Departamento Escuintla
  • Slovenian: Departma Escuintla
  • Slovenian: Escuintla
  • Slovenian: GT-ES
  • Spanish: Departamento de Escuintla
  • Spanish: Escuintla
  • Swedish: Departamento de Escuintla
  • Tajik: Эскуинтла
  • Tamil: ஏசுகியின்ட்ல துறை
  • Telugu: ఎస్క్వింట్లా
  • Thai: จังหวัดเอสกูอินตลา
  • Turkish: Escuintla Departmanı
  • Turkish: Escuintla Departmano
  • Ukrainian: Ескуїнтла
  • Urdu: ایسکوینتلا ڈیپارٹمنٹ
  • Urdu: ایسکوینتلا محکمہ
  • Vietnamese: Escuintla
  • Waray (Philippines): Escuintla (departamento)
  • Waray (Philippines): Escuintla
  • Itskwintlan

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sitio Arqueológico Bugamvilia and Sitio Arqueológico Monte Alto.

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