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Place in El Quiché, Guatemala
Chinique
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
MunicipalityChinique de las Flores
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
Area
 • City16 sq mi (41 km)
Highest elevation7,580 ft (2,310 m)
Lowest elevation3,924 ft (1,196 m)
Population
 • City8,009
 • Urban2,290
 • EthnicitiesK'iche' Ladino
 • ReligionsRoman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateCwb
Websitehttp://www.inforpressca.com/chinique/

Chinique, from the Kʼicheʼ language «chinic´aj taka´aj», is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. In 1892 Alfred Maudslay and his wife Anne reported that the place was a small group of houses made from adobe with thatched roofs. Its population as of 2023 is 14,052.

References

  1. XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) Instituto Nacional de Estadística
  2. Tetzagüic, Manuel de Jesús Salazar (2003). Culturas e interculturalidad de Guatemala. Universidad Rafael Landírvar. p. 6.
  3. A Glimpse at Guatemala by Maudslay and Maudslay Published in 1899, page 75
  4. "Chinique (Municipality, Guatemala) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
Climate data for Chinique
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 19.8
(67.6) 		21.0
(69.8) 		22.5
(72.5) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.0
(73.4) 		21.6
(70.9) 		21.3
(70.3) 		22.0
(71.6) 		21.6
(70.9) 		20.8
(69.4) 		20.6
(69.1) 		20.2
(68.4) 		21.5
(70.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.0
(57.2) 		14.6
(58.3) 		16.0
(60.8) 		17.0
(62.6) 		17.6
(63.7) 		17.0
(62.6) 		16.5
(61.7) 		16.6
(61.9) 		16.6
(61.9) 		16.0
(60.8) 		15.0
(59.0) 		14.4
(57.9) 		15.9
(60.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 8.2
(46.8) 		8.3
(46.9) 		9.5
(49.1) 		10.8
(51.4) 		12.3
(54.1) 		12.5
(54.5) 		11.8
(53.2) 		11.2
(52.2) 		11.6
(52.9) 		11.2
(52.2) 		9.4
(48.9) 		8.6
(47.5) 		10.5
(50.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6
(0.2) 		5
(0.2) 		12
(0.5) 		33
(1.3) 		90
(3.5) 		239
(9.4) 		180
(7.1) 		173
(6.8) 		193
(7.6) 		125
(4.9) 		41
(1.6) 		5
(0.2) 		1,102
(43.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org
Flag of Guatemala Quiché Department
Capital: Santa Cruz del Quiché
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  1. "Climate: Chinique". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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