Please answer the following question: Information: - San Cristobal Totonicapan is a municipality in the Totonicapan department of Guatemala. - The Samala is a river in southwestern Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre range, in the departments of Totonicapan and Quetzaltenango. From there it flows down, past the towns San Cristobal Totonicapan, Quetzaltenango, El Palmar and Zunil, through the coastal plains of Retalhuleu into the Pacific Ocean. - El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador (literally "Republic of The Savior"), is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. , the country had a population of approximately 6.38 million, consisting largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent. - A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws, to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished from the county, which may encompass rural territory and/or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets. The term "municipality" may also mean the governing or ruling body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French "municipalite" and Latin "municipalis". - Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic, or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies are types of representative democracies; for example, the United Kingdom is a crowned republic, Ireland is a parliamentary republic, and the United States is a federal republic. - Central America is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. Central America is bordered by Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America consists of seven countries: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The combined population of Central America is between 41,739,000 (2009 estimate) and 42,688,190 (2012 estimate). - Belize, formerly British Honduras, is a country on the eastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the north by Mexico, on the south and west by Guatemala, and on the east by the Caribbean Sea. Its mainland is about long and wide. - Guatemala City, locally known as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita. In 2009, it had a population of 1,075,000. Guatemala City is also the capital of the local Municipality of Guatemala and of the Guatemala Department. - Zunil is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of . Zunil is located from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salama River. Zunil has an altitude of approximately above mean sea level. The population is about 14,000 people, 100% indigenous. The inhabitants speak K'iche' and Spanish. - The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. - Quetzaltenango, also known by its Maya name, Xelaju or Xela , is the second largest city of Guatemala. It is both the capital of Quetzaltenango Department and the municipal seat of Quetzaltenango municipality. - Guatemala (, or ), officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast. With an estimated population of around 15.8 million, it is the most populated state in Central America. A representative democracy, Guatemala's capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion, also known as Guatemala City. - Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a republic in Central America. It has at times been referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became modern-day Belize. Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. - Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala . The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango , the second largest city in Guatemala . The department is divided up into 24 municipalities . The inhabitants include Spanish - speaking Ladinos and the K'iche ' and Mam Maya groups , both with their own Maya language . The department consists of mountainous terrain , with its principal river being the Samala River . the department is seismically active , suffering from both earthquakes and volcanic activity . Prior to the Spanish conquest the territory included in the modern department formed a part of the K'iche ' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj . The kingdom was defeated by the Spanish under Pedro de Alvarado in a number of decisive battles fought near the city of Quetzaltenango , then known as Xelaju . In the 19th century the territory of the modern department was included in the short - lived Central American state of Los Altos . The department was created by decree in 1845 , five years after the fledgling state was crushed by Rafael Carrera . The department has wide variations in local climate , due largely to marked differences in altitude in different areas . The year is divided into wet and dry seasons , with the wet season lasting from July to September and the dry season running from December to February . The wide climatic variation in the department allows for the production of a variety of agricultural products , including temperate fruits , vegetables and cereals in the highlands , as well as coffee on the lower slopes . Quetzaltenango department has produced a number of high - profile Guatemalans , including several presidents as well as a number of musicians . What object entity has the relation of 'instance of' with the subject 'quetzaltenango department'? 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department of guatemala