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7 unusual facts about Escuintla


Deportivo Nueva Concepción

Club Social y Deportivo Nueva Concepción, is a Guatemalan football club based in Nueva Concepción, Escuintla Department.

Fernaldia pandurata

In Guatemala, another species (Fernaldia brachypharnynx Woodson) is endemic to the province of Escuintla in the southern part of Guatemala and shares the same common name.

Juventud Escuintleca

Club Social y Deportivo Escuintleca, also known as Juventud Escuintleca, is a Guatemalan football club based in Escuintla, Escuintla Department.

La Democracia

La Democracia, Escuintla, a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Escuintla

La Democracia, Escuintla

The town possesses a small archaeological museum, the Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia.

Palín

Palín, Escuintla, municipality in the Escuintla Department of Guatemala

Policia Militar Ambulante

Throughout the conflict, the PMA maintained a rapid action battalion with a base located 30 miles southeast of Guatemala City near Escuintla, which could be deployed to virtually any region in the country.


Pacaya

President Álvaro Colom declared a state of calamity in the region adjacent to the volcano, and the Ministry of Education closed the schools in the departments of Guatemala, Escuintla and Sacatepequez.

Siquinalá

The municipality is 81 km from Guatemala City, situated between the municipalities of Escuintla, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, and La Democracia, linked to Siquinalá by road, which continues to the sea at Sipacate, in the municipality of La Gomera.


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