Editing Esquipulas (section)

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'''Esquipulas''' ([[Nahuatl]]: Isquitzuchil, "place where flowers abound"),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://turismoesquipulas.com/esqui_toponimia.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718192800/http://turismoesquipulas.com/esqui_toponimia.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2012 |title=Origen del nombre Esquipulas (Origin of the name Esquipulas) |publisher=Revista Vida Diplomática |access-date=14 June 2010 }}</ref> officially Municipality of Esquipulas, whose original name was Yzquipulas,<ref name="Rodríguez ">{{Cite web|url=http://www.esquipulas.com.gt/turismo/historia/|title=Historia de Esquipulas (History of Esquipulas)|author=Nicolás Rodríguez |language=es|access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> is a town, with a population of 18,667 (2018 census),<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & towns in Guatemala</ref> and a municipality located in the department of [[Chiquimula Department|Chiquimula]], in eastern [[Guatemala]]. Esquipulas' main attraction is the beautiful {{Interlanguage link|Cristo Negro (Esquipulas)|es|3=Cristo Negro de Esquipulas|lt=Black Christ}} located in the Basilica of Esquipulas, making the town an important place of [[Catholic]] pilgrimage for Central America. It is also one of the most important towns of the country and one that has had the most economic and cultural growth.<ref name="Centro Cultural">{{Cite web |url=http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/tesis/02/02_1922.pdf |title= Centro Cultural de Esquipulas (Esquipulas Cultural Center)|author=Norma Guisela Acosta Zavala|language=es|access-date=15 September 2012}}</ref>

In 2002, it was registered on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list.<ref name=repetida_uno>{{Cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1761/ |title=Route of the Peace and National Identity - UNESCO World Heritage Centre|author=UNESCO|access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref>

The city is a tourist attraction due to its ecological and religious importance. It is the most visited city and town across eastern Guatemala and the second most visited in the country, surpassed only by the City of Guatemala, visited annually by approximately four to five million tourists and devout Catholics,<ref name=Ciudad>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cidnewsmedia.com/index.php?view=article&catid=57%3Aseguridad&id=3319%3Ala-capital-centroamericana-de-la-fe-esta-lista-para-recibir-a-los-feligreses-&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=79 |title=Ciudad de Esquipulas|author=Cidnewsmedia|language=es |access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Cristo Negro">{{Cite web|url=http://www.viajeporguatemala.com/guatemala/fiestas/cristo_negro.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911164121/http://viajeporguatemala.com/guatemala/fiestas/cristo_negro.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |title=Cristo Negro de Esquipulas |author=ViajeporGuatemala |language=es |access-date=2 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.esquipulas.com.gt/noticias/la-ciudad-de-esquipulas-cumplir-40-aos/2979/|title=Historia de la Ciudad de Esquipulas (History of Esquipulas City)|author=Nicolás Rodríguez|language=es|access-date=3 August 2012|archive-date=11 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811222611/http://www.esquipulas.com.gt/noticias/la-ciudad-de-esquipulas-cumplir-40-aos/2979/|url-status=dead}}</ref> this due to its important and varied religious resorts and distributed in the 495&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.esquipulas.com.gt/turismo.htm|title=Turismo en Esquipulas}}</ref> the smallest city visited by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1996 which entitled him recognition as Capital Central to the Faith,<ref name="Capital">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cidnewsmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3319:la-capital-centroamericana-de-la-fe-esta-lista-para-recibir-a-los-feligreses-&catid=57:seguridad&Itemid=79 |title=Esquipulas la Capital Centroamericana de la fe |author=CidnesMedia |language=es|access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref> whose recognition is currently known as to this city, which was also visited by [[Teresa of Calcutta]],<ref name="Semana Santa">{{Cite web |url=http://www.esquipulas.com.gt/noticias/turismo/esquipulas-destino-turistico-para-semana-santa/359/ |title=Semana Santa en Esquipulas (Holy week in Esquipulas)|author=Nicolás Rodríguez |language=es|access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref> hosted the Esquipulas Peace Accords during the mid-1980s.<ref name="Acuerdo">[[:es:Acuerdo de Esquipulas]]</ref> The Basilica of Esquipulas headquarters in Central Catholic Faith is the first wonder of Guatemala competition held by the Industrial Bank on November 26, 2008.<ref name="Acuerdo"/>

In 1987 the [[Trifinio Biosphere Reserve]] was created to protect the unique flora and fauna in the region.

The territory comprises an area of 495&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, distributed in 20 villages, 123 sub villages, one town and two villas which are Timushán and Chanmagua, with a total population of 53,556 (2018 census); with the town of Esquipulas having a population of 18,667 which represents 35% of the total population of the municipality. Esquipulas is located 222 kilometers from [[Guatemala City]], 9.5 kilometers from the border with the Republic of Honduras and 45 kilometers from the city of [[Chiquimula]], bordering the municipalities of Olopa, Jocotán and the department Camotán Chiquimula to the north and the municipality of Metapan, El Salvador to the south. To the east it meets the departments of Copán and Ocotepeque, Honduras and to the west, the municipality of Concepción Las Minas and the Resume Chiquimula department.