Country Guatemala Climate Aw | Department Guatemala Area 148 km² | |
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Jocotán is a municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala.
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Map of Jocotan, Guatemala
This town is the location of Radio Chortis, a Roman Catholic radio station funded by Belgian and German Catholics. It broadcasts primarily in Spanish, but there are a few hours a week in the Ch'orti' language, which is still spoken in some isolated areas.
2001 famine
On 3 August 2001, Jocotán municipality declared yellow code in the area when it learned about the desperate situation that the rural communities were facing, facing imminent famine; the root cause of the crisis were the short raining season, and the decline in the international coffee price. Alfonso Portillo's government decreed State of Calamity to get international help; officially, 48 deceased were reported, but there were rumors of hundreds of casualties.
Climate
Jocotán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
Geographic location
Jocotán is surrounded by Chiquimula Department municipalities, except at North, where it borders Zacapa: