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Municipality in Santa Rosa, Guatemala
Casillas
Municipality
Casillas is located in GuatemalaCasillasCasillasLocation in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°25′N 90°15′W / 14.417°N 90.250°W / 14.417; -90.250
Country Guatemala
Department Santa Rosa
Area
 • Municipality80 sq mi (207 km)
Population
 • Municipality24,956
 • Density310/sq mi (120/km)
 • Urban7,698
ClimateAw

Casillas is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Santa Rosa. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The town's population was 7,698 at the 2018 census. The spoken language is Spanish.

Nearby villages include El Jute, Minas, Guadalupe, Chapas, San Juan Tapalapa, El Palmar. The nearest town is Nueva Santa Rosa.

The population is mainly Roman Catholic and the town's festivities to honour the "Cristo Negro" take place from January 12 to January 16. The fair consists of many events, including dances, a rodeo, and carnival rides.

Climate

The municipality has a warm-temperate climate (Köppen Classification).

14°25′N 90°15′W / 14.417°N 90.250°W / 14.417; -90.250

References

  1. Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. Lakhani, Nina (13 July 2017). "The Canadian company mining hills of silver – and the people dying to stop it". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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