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Chiantla Facts

Area	458.3 km²
Population	130,692
Male Population	61,846 (47.3%)
Female Population	68,846 (52.7%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+174.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+56.8%
Median Age	18.7 years (Male: 17.8, Female: 19.5)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Standard Time
Lat & Lng	15.35472, -91.45833
Postal Codes	13002

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Chiantla Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	47,638	63,333	83,323	122,471	130,692
Population Density	104 / km²	138.2 / km²	181.8 / km²	267.3 / km²	285.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Chiantla Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 47% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Chiantla	+157.1%	+93.4%	+47%
Huehuetenango Department	+183.1%	+85.8%	+43%
Guatemala	+161.9%	+78.4%	+39.8%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Chiantla Median Age

Median Age: 18.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Chiantla	18.7 yrs	19.5 yrs	17.8 yrs
Huehuetenango Department	18.7 yrs	19.5 yrs	17.8 yrs
Guatemala	18.6 yrs	19.5 yrs	17.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Chiantla Population Density

Population Density: 285 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Chiantla	130,692	458.3 km²	285 / km²
Huehuetenango Department	1.3 million	7,400 km²	172 / km²
Guatemala	16.3 million	109,009.9 km²	149 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Chiantla Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 900 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Chiantla

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Chiantla CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Chiantla	130,216 tn	1 tn	284.2 tons/km²
Huehuetenango Department	1,278,454 tn	1 tn	172.8 tons/km²
Guatemala	17,248,451 tn	1.06 tn	158.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Chiantla CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	130,216 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	284.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (10)
Flood	High (10)
Earthquake	Medium (7)
Landslide	High (9)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
4/29/19	11:48 AM	4.3	29.6 km	203,980 m	1km WNW of Colotenango, Guatemala	usgs.gov
2/27/19	1:53 PM	4.5	31.6 km	195,410 m	5km SW of San Gaspar Ixchil, Guatemala	usgs.gov
1/5/19	5:08 PM	4.5	50.2 km	148,060 m	0km NE of San Andres Xecul, Guatemala	usgs.gov
10/4/18	12:38 AM	4	51.2 km	10,000 m	7km SSE of Cunen, Guatemala	usgs.gov
9/3/18	6:11 PM	4.6	33.4 km	179,110 m	8km ESE of Huitan, Guatemala	usgs.gov
2/14/18	4:28 PM	4.4	46.4 km	253,850 m	5km S of San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala	usgs.gov
11/19/17	11:10 AM	4.2	33.1 km	171,430 m	3km NE of Concepcion Tutuapa, Guatemala	usgs.gov
1/9/17	10:27 AM	4.6	39.3 km	190,730 m	4km WNW of Concepcion Tutuapa, Guatemala	usgs.gov
9/16/16	12:30 AM	4.4	45.2 km	161,810 m	8km SSW of La Libertad, Guatemala	usgs.gov
8/18/16	7:41 AM	4.3	40.5 km	184,260 m	6km SSW of Concepcion Tutuapa, Guatemala	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Chiantla

Chiantla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃjantla]) is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at 2,000m above sea level. It covers a terrain of 536km2. The annual festival is on January 28.

Chiantla Wikipedia Page

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