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Jocotán
Municipality and town in Chiquimula, Guatemala From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jocotán is a town and municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala.[1]
Radio Chortis, a Roman Catholic radio station funded by Belgian and German Catholics, is located in the town. 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.
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History
2001 famine
«If 80% of the population in Guatemala lives in poverty, with that percent, I do not know what is the big fuss about this famine.
President Alfonso Portillo, 2001[3]
Jocotán
Jocotán location in the Corredor Seco (English: Dry Corridor) in Guatemala
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 imminent famine; the root cause of the crisis were the short raining season, and the decline in the international coffee price.[3] 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.[3]
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Climate
Jocotán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
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Geographic location
Jocotán is surrounded by Chiquimula Department municipalities, except at North, where it borders Zacapa:[5]
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