Guatemala - Subnational Flags

Last modified: 2004-06-12 by dov gutterman
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• Overview
• The Departments
• Municipalities in FOTW

See Also:

• Guatemala
• Clickable Map of Guatemala
• Guatemala - Former Military Regions

Other sites:

• Jaume Ollés Flag Report - Guatemala Departments

Overview

Guatemala is divided into 22 departamentos (departments could be a word to call them) and they all have their own flag which is raised along with the country flag.
Jose Herrera, 10 October 1998

A map, taken from <www.rds.org.gt/mirador>, shows 23 departments, one of them being Belize... Was this an error or does Guatemala have a claim over Belize?
Antonio Martins , 15 August 1999

Guatemala has been claiming sovereignty over Belize for more than 100 years and recognized the independent Belize only in 1991.
Source: Encyclopaedia Universalis, CD-ROM edition (1998)
Ivan Sache, 16 August 1999

The Departments

The Departments of Guatemala are :

• Alta Verapaz
• Baja Verapaz
• Chimaltenango
• Chiquimula
• El Progreso
• Escuintla
• Guatemala
• Huehuetenango
• Izabal
• Jalapa
• Jutiapa
• Petén
• Quetzaltenango
• Quiché
• Retalhuleu
• Sacatepequez
• San Marcos
• Santa Rosa
• Sololá
• Suchitepequez
• Totonicapán
• Zacapa

Franc van Diest, 12 August 2000

Municipalities in FOTW

• La Unión (Zacapa)
• Nahualá (Sololá)
• Purulhá (Baja Verapaz)
• Río Blanco (San Marcos)
• San Pedro Carchá (Alta Verapaz)
• Zunilito (Suchitepéquez)