Pokomchí Quick Facts

Temperate & Humid – Rains for periods, daily May – March

High altitude Cloud Forests
Orchids
Quetzal Bird (national bird; very rare)
Small Deer

• In Spanish Language= 15%
• In Pokomchí Language= 1%

• People living in poverty = second highest nationally = 75%
• People living in extreme poverty = third highest nationally = 35%
• Index for human development = Lowest nationally
• Index for social exclusion = Highest nationally

• Coffee
• Cardamom
• Pacaya (spear-shaped fruit with a frond in the middle)
• Ornamental Ferns
• Lumber