Panzós
Panzós | |
|---|---|
Municipality of Guatemala | |
Port of Panzos in the 1900s | |
| Coordinates: 15°24′N 89°40′W / 15.400°N 89.667°W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | Alta Verapaz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaime León (LIDER) |
| Area | |
• Total | 354 sq mi (917 km2) |
| Population (2018 census) | |
• Total | 71,846 |
| • Density | 200/sq mi (78/km2) |
| Climate | Am |
Panzós (Spanish pronunciation: [panˈsos]) is a town with a population of 22,068 (2018 census) and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz.
On 29 May 1978, the village of Panzós was the site of a massacre in which between 30 and 106 local inhabitants (figures vary) were killed by the army.
The name Panzós means "place of the green waters" in reference to the nearby Polochic River and swamps full of alligators and birds.