74:
1315:
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493:, although some traces of indigenous culture survive, such as in modes of dress, linguistic traces, and local customs and beliefs. By 2013 the total population had grown to 163,537. The 2012–2013 population growth rate was 1.73%, below the national average of 2.32%. By gender, 51.9% of the population are female, and 48.1% male. The majority of the population, 59.8%, lives in the rural portion of the department. The predominant language in El Progreso is
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998:(in Spanish). XXV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2011 (edited by B. Arroyo, L. Paiz, and H. Mejía), pp. 601–610. Guatemala: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia and Asociación Tikal. Retrieved 2016-10-29. Archived from
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The department of El
Progreso was created by executive decree on 13 April 1908, to include the municipalities of Acasaguastlán, Cabañas, Guastatoya (which was renamed as El Progreso), Morazán, Sanarate, Sansaria (now known as Sansare), San Antonio La Paz, and San José El Golfo. For a short time from
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at the request of its constituent municipalities, in order to honour the then-president. On 9 June 1920, after the president was overthrown, the department was dissolved by the government. The municipalities that it had incorporated were returned to their previous jurisdictions. The department was
347:
was established in 1551 with its seat in the town of that name, in what is now the eastern portion of the modern department. Most of the area of the modern department fell within the corregimiento of
Chiquimula. Acasaguastlán was one of few pre-conquest centres of population in the middle
389:, the colonial capital, in 1758. In 1825, various settlements were integrated into the Acasagustlán district that would later be included in El Progreso department. In the 1870s, the territory was divided between the departments of Guatemala, Zacapa and Chiquimula.
368:
Pipil. In the 1520s, immediately after conquest, the inhabitants paid taxes to the
Spanish Crown in the form of cacao, textiles, gold, silver and slaves. Within a few decades taxes were instead paid in beans, cotton and maize. Acasaguastlán was first given in
488:
According to the 2018 census, the population of El
Progreso was 176,632. In 2013, the non-indigenous proportion of the population was 98.2% against 1.8% indigenous. The majority of the population consists of Spanish-speaking
356:) and La Magdalena, but covered a broad area that also included parts of Baja Verapaz and Zacapa. San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán and the surrounding area were reduced into colonial settlements by friars of the
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The main population centres in El
Progreso are Sanarate, Guastatoya, and San Agustín Acasaguastlán. The CA-9 Atlantic Highway crosses the department from west to east, en route from
457:. Other rivers in El Progreso include the Hato, Huija, Huyús, Las Ovejas, Morazán, Plátanos, and Sanarate rivers. To the north of the Motagua, the department is crossed by the
329:("last"), meaning the last place that calabashes grow, a reference to the change in altitude that occurs in the department, and corresponding climatic change from cold to hot.
1126:
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672:, and a variety of other fruits. Tomato production is especially important in El Progreso, representing 6% of the national total. Local craft production includes
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1179:
232:. El Progreso was declared a department in 1908, but was dissolved in 1920 before being reestablished in 1934. Guastatoya was badly affected by the
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in 1526. The region was subject to a strong influx of
Spanish colonists due to its location on the route between the colonial capital and the
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In 2013, 930 deaths were registered in the department, demonstrating a 3.5% drop on the previous year, and 1.3% of the national total:
461:
mountain range. The highest point in the department is Cerro El Pinalón, in the Sierra de las Minas, at 2,962 metres (9,718 ft).
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netting. Sanarate has the greatest economic production in the department, followed by
Guastatoya, then San Agustín Acasaguastlán.
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386:
1172:
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497:. In 2013, 89.2% of the population were recorded as literate, with a year-on-year drop in illiteracy from 16.1% in 2009.
418:
The department of El
Progreso is located in northeastern Guatemala. It is bordered to the southwest by the department of
294:. The population is growing, but at a rate below the national average. At the same time, the illiteracy rate is falling.
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drainage, due to the arid climate. In El
Progreso it included San Agustín de la Real Corona (modern
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The terrain is varied, with altitude varying between 245 and 1,240 metres (804 and 4,068 ft)
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The department is located in northeastern
Guatemala. It is bordered by the departments of
8:
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268:
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446:. It has a surface area of approximately 1,922 square kilometres (742 sq mi).
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494:
442:. The department occupies an intermediate zone between the hot lowlands and the cooler
259:. The department occupies an intermediate zone between the hot lowlands and the cooler
692:
Local tourist attractions include thermal baths near Sanarate and San Antonio La Paz.
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1051:(PDF) (in Spanish). Guatemala: Prensa Libre. Retrieved 2010-12-26. Archived from
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704:, which was inhabited from the Late Preclassic to the Late Classic periods of
453:. The department has a generally hot climate. The most important river is the
385:
of the territory. Guastatoya was mentioned as a village in an edict issued in
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The vast majority of the population of the department are Spanish-speaking
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mountain range. The main population centres in El Progreso are Guastatoya,
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December 1919 to June of the following year, the department was renamed
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225:
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Mapa No. 5: El Progreso: También conocida como la tierra de los ayotes
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228:. The Spanish established themselves in the region by 1551, after the
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Información Socioeconómica de Guatemala: Departamento de El Progreso
410:, which completely destroyed all historic architecture in the town.
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263:, and has a generally hot climate. The most important river is the
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The departmental capital of Guastatoya was badly affected by the
472:. Other principal highways are the CA-17 from El Rancho towards
1129:(in Spanish). Guatemala: Ministerio de Economía. Archived from
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661:
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reestablished on 3 April 1934 by the legislative assembly.
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The best preserved archaeological site in the region is
360:; at the time of the conquest the area was inhabited by
1136:
Municipalidad de San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán (2011). "
279:. The CA-9 Atlantic Highway links the department with
1150:
Plan de desarollo departamental El Progreso 2011–2025
814:Municipalidad de San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán 2011.
810:
808:
806:
728:El Progreso is divided into eight municipalities:
1061:Caracterización departamental de El Progreso 2013
872:
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267:. To the north, the department is crossed by the
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387:Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
381:, and hence to Spain, resulting in the
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791:Population of departments in Guatemala
476:, and the RN-19 from Sanarate towards
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211:
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1144:on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
1133:on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
1045:Hernández, Gonzalo (8 August 2004).
1031:on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
910:
135:1,922 km (742 sq mi)
13:
1313:
1034:Gran Diccionario Náhuatl (2012).
992:Arroyave Prera, Ana Lucia (2012).
14:
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979:Arroyave Prera 2012, pp. 601–603.
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680:, items fashioned from palm, and
1385:1934 establishments in Guatemala
332:
87:
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1125:Ministerio de Economía (2015).
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632:Agricultural products include
438:. The departmental capital is
224:. The departmental capital is
1:
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230:Spanish conquest of Guatemala
834:Ministerio de Economía 2015.
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345:San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán
10:
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724:The entrance to Guastatoya
687:
297:
29:Departmento de El Progreso
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748:San Agustín Acasaguastlán
408:1976 Guatemala earthquake
354:San Agustín Acasaguastlán
283:and the Atlantic port of
277:San Agustín Acasaguastlán
234:1976 Guatemala earthquake
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468:to the Atlantic port of
28:
706:Mesoamerican chronology
628:Economy and agriculture
147:Department of Guatemala
131:Department of Guatemala
37:Department of Guatemala
19:Department of Guatemala
16:Department of Guatemala
1370:El Progreso Department
1319:
1138:Historia del Municipio
725:
422:, to the southeast by
209:Spanish pronunciation:
175: • Religions
159:92/km (240/sq mi)
26:El Progreso Department
1346:14.85389°N 90.06861°W
1317:
1096:Gender, Emotion, and
928:SEGEPLAN 2001, p. 11.
919:ITMB Publishing 1998.
876:SEGEPLAN 2001, p. 13.
864:SEGEPLAN 2001, p. 18.
723:
337:The Spanish colonial
213:[elpɾoˈɣɾeso]
1094:Low, S. M. (1989), "
846:Feldman 1998, p. 29.
696:Archaeological sites
567:Assault with firearm
451:above mean sea level
444:Guatemalan Highlands
393:Departmental history
261:Guatemalan Highlands
156: • Density
1351:14.85389; -90.06861
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459:Sierra de las Minas
269:Sierra de las Minas
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1100:in urban Guatemala
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726:
617:Vehicular accident
509:Mortality in 2013
508:
495:Guatemalan Spanish
1325:
1324:
1318:Flag of Guatemala
1147:SEGEPLAN (2001).
949:Low 1989, p. 120.
789:Citypopulation.de
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426:, to the east by
375:Diego Salvatierra
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179:Roman Catholicism
114: • Type
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971:
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281:Guatemala City
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1059:
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586:Unspecified
527:Heart attack
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78:El Progreso
1364:Categories
1337:90°04′07″W
1334:14°51′14″N
1285:Santa Rosa
1280:San Marcos
1270:Retalhuleu
1215:Chiquimula
986:References
738:Guastatoya
674:basketwork
638:sugar cane
608:/fibrosis
484:Population
440:Guastatoya
371:encomienda
308:Huastatoya
304:Guastatoya
226:Guastatoya
218:department
140:Population
109:Government
103:Guastatoya
1230:Guatemala
1225:Escuintla
1089:421536238
1073:Guatemala
733:El Jícaro
606:cirrhosis
547:Pneumonia
501:Mortality
420:Guatemala
414:Geography
249:Guatemala
222:Guatemala
192:Time zone
93:Guatemala
1120:19922432
1025:82561350
763:Sanarate
662:tomatoes
323:calabash
315:huäxyötl
273:Sanarate
1250:Jutiapa
1098:Nervios
768:Sansare
743:Morazán
702:Guaytán
688:Tourism
666:vanilla
658:annatto
642:tobacco
491:Ladinos
455:Motagua
325:") and
312:Nahuatl
298:History
292:Ladinos
265:Motagua
216:) is a
151:176,632
99:Capital
84:Country
1305:Zacapa
1290:Sololá
1265:Quiché
1245:Jalapa
1240:Izabal
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1038:Huaxin
1023:
1015:
670:cotton
634:coffee
604:Liver
557:Stroke
551:10.5%
541:10.7%
531:32.2%
478:Jalapa
428:Zacapa
424:Jalapa
327:atoyac
319:huäxin
257:Zacapa
255:, and
253:Jalapa
170:91,416
1255:Petén
774:Notes
682:tulle
654:cacao
650:beans
646:maize
621:3.4%
611:4.6%
589:6.6%
581:6.6%
571:9.7%
561:9.7%
515:Cause
474:Cobán
197:UTC-6
166:Urban
1116:OCLC
1108:ISBN
1085:OCLC
1077:ISBN
1021:OCLC
1013:ISBN
710:jade
275:and
185:Maya
124:Area
63:Seal
53:Flag
599:6%
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