Tiquisate

Tiquisate (Spanish pronunciation: [tikiˈsate]) is a town, with a population of 29,193 (2018 census),^[3] and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.^[1] The area is a major center of banana production, and the Tiquisate banana workers formed Guatemala's first private sector union in 1944.^[4]

Tiquisate
Municipality and town
Country	Guatemala
Department	Escuintla Department
Area [1]
• Total	181 sq mi (468 km2)
Elevation	299 ft (91 m)
Population  (2018 census)[2]
• Total	57,292
• Density	320/sq mi (120/km2)
Climate	Am

Tiquisate Municipality has a population of 57,292 in 2018, up from 33,667 in 1994.^[5]