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City profile · Guatemala · North America

Salamá

Baja Verapaz · Guatemala
City population
65,275
#30
in Guatemala
#1
in Baja Verapaz
#8,832
worldwide
Guatemala CitySalamá
15.102, -90.319 · 55 km from Guatemala City
City population
65,275
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Guatemala
#30
of 102 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#8,832
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Guatemala
0.3%
of the national population

About Salamá

Salamá is a city in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala with a population of 65,275. It is the 30th largest of the 102 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Guatemala, and the 8,832nd largest worldwide. It lies 55 km from Guatemala City.

Position in Guatemala
#30of 102
LargestSmallest
Position in Baja Verapaz
#1of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Baja Verapaz
Rank in region
#1of 2
Distance to capital
to Guatemala City
Elevation
936 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Guatemala
Coordinates
15.102, -90.319
Record updated
2025-05-15
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 102 in Guatemala

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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