Geography and location

Settlements

Salamá has 146 settlements, being the main ones:

  • San Nicolás
  • El Tunal
  • El Tempisque
  • San Juan
  • Paso Ancho
  • Las Tunas
  • La Laguna
  • San Ignacio
  • Trapiche de Agua
  • Llano Grande
  • Los Paxtes
  • La Canoa
  • Chilascó
  • Niño Perdido
  • La Unión Barrios
  • La Paz 1 y 2
  • Cachil
  • El Amate
  • San José El Espinero
  • Las Limas
  • El Nance
  • Llano Largo
  • La Divina Providencia

San Rafael Chilasco is the largest settlement and is a tourist attraction given that it has one of the tallest waterfalls in Central America.

Geographic location

Salamá is surrounded by Baja Verapaz municipalities, except by South, where it borders Chuarrancho, a Guatemala Department municipality.

| West = San Miguel Chicaj

See also

  • Baja Verapaz
  • History of Guatemala
  • Order of Preachers
  • List of places in Guatemala

Notes and references

References

Bibliography

  • Salama article - Guatemalan Tourism Committee (in Spanish)