Jocotán (Guatemala)
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Name (Latin)
Jocotán (Guatemala)
Other forms of name
Xocotlan (Guatemala)
Santiago Jocotán (Guatemala)
Coordinates
-89.38333333 -89.38333333 14.81666667 14.81666667 (gooearth )
W0892300 W0892300 N0144900 N0144900 (geonames )
Associated country
Guatemala
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Torres Moss, J.C. Apuntes para la historia de Jocotán, 1996:p. 11 (pueblo oriental de origan prehispánico; located in the Corregimiento de Chiquimula de la Sierra) p. 17 (Xocotlan; Santiago Jocotán, municipio del departamento de Chiquimula, en el oriente de la República de Guatemala)
- Dicc. geog. de Guatemala, 1981(hdg: Jocotán; municipio del departamento de Chiquimula; municipalidad de 2a. categoría; no other places with same name)
Wikipedia description:
Jocotán is a town and municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala. Radio Chortis, a Roman Catholic radio station funded by Belgian and German Catholics, is located in the town. It broadcasts primarily in Spanish, but there are a few hours a week in the Ch'orti' language, which is still spoken in some isolated areas.
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