Mixco
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::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Mixco |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | {{Photomontage |
| photo1a | Paso a Desnivel Ruta Interamericana CA-1.jpg |
| photo2a | Condado Naranjo - Mixco, Guatemala.jpg |
| photo2b | San Cristóbal, Mixco GT.jpg |
| photo3a | Puente-San-Cristobal-Mixco.jpg |
| photo3b | Edificios en el Naranjo.jpg |
| position | center |
| color_border | white |
| color | white |
| size | 250 |
| image_caption | |
| image_flag | Bandera de Mixco (Guatemala).png |
| flag_size | 120px |
| image_shield | Escudo De Mixco.png |
| shield_size | 55px |
| motto | Land of champions |
| pushpin_map | Guatemala Guatemala#Guatemala |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Guatemala |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | [[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Guatemala |
| subdivision_name4 | |
| established_title | |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| established_date3 | |
| leader_party | RM |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Neto Bran |
| leader_title1 | |
| unit_pref | metric |
| area_total_km2 | 95.9 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_blank1_sq_mi | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| elevation_m | 1691 |
| elevation_ft | |
| population_total | 465,773 |
| population_as_of | census 2018 |
| population_rank | 2nd in Guatemala |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_density_blank1_sq_mi | |
| population_blank2_title | Religions |
| postal_code_type | |
| blank_name | Climate |
| blank_info | Cwb |
| :: |
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Mixco () is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and has become part of the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area. Most of Mixco is separated from the City by canyons, for which a multitude of bridges have been created. It is the second largest city in Guatemala after Guatemala City, with a population of 465,773. Ciudad San Cristóbal is located within Mixco.
Administrative division
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Guatemala_-_Mixco.png" caption="[[Guatemala Department]] map, showing Mixco municipality area."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Parque-San-Nicolas-de-_Noche-Mixco.jpg" caption="Bosques San Nicolás Park seen at night."] ::
The municipality is divided into zones with residential neighborhoods, villages, settlements and the municipal capital. Due to its close proximity to Guatemala City, several villages were turned into residential neighborhoods.
::data[format=table title="Mixco Administrative Division"] | Settlement | List | Villages | Residential neighborhoods | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | ::
From the residential neighborhoods is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join Guatemala City in 1958.
Mayors
::data[format=table title="Elected mayors since 1986"]
| Mayor | Time in office | Party | Juan Guillermo Gómez Valdéz | Víctor Manuel Herrera | Édgar Abraham Rivera | Amílcar Rivera | Otto Pérez | Neto Bran |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January 1986 - 15 January 1991 | Democracia Cristiana | |||||||
| 15 January 1991 - 15 January 1996 | Partido de Avanzada Nacional | |||||||
| 15 January 1996 - 15 January 2000 | Partido de Avanzada Nacional | |||||||
| 15 January 2000 - 15 January 2004 | Frente Republicano Guatemalteco | |||||||
| 15 January 2004 - 15 January 2008 | Partido de Avanzada Nacional | |||||||
| 15 January 2008 - 15 January 2012 | Partido Patriota | |||||||
| 15 January 2012 - 15 January 2016 | Partido Patriota | |||||||
| 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020 | Movimiento Reformador | |||||||
| :: |
Universities
Sports
Deportivo Mixco football club play in the Guatemalan second division. They have been playing their home games at different locations and plan to build the new Estadio de La Tierra de Campeones.
In film
- In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film El ogro, with famous Mexican comedian Germán Valdéz and Guatemalan actor Herbert Meneses was filmed on location in Tikal and Mixco. The scenes shot in Mixco include Germán Valdéz as an old church keeper and a group of children who listen to his old stories.
Climate
Mixco has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
|width=auto |location = Mixco |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 16.4 |Feb mean C = 17.1 |Mar mean C = 18.2 |Apr mean C = 19.1 |May mean C = 19.3 |Jun mean C = 18.9 |Jul mean C = 18.7 |Aug mean C = 18.7 |Sep mean C = 18.4 |Oct mean C = 17.9 |Nov mean C = 17.2 |Dec mean C = 16.5 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 22.3 |Feb high C = 23.4 |Mar high C = 24.8 |Apr high C = 25.3 |May high C = 24.9 |Jun high C = 23.4 |Jul high C = 23.4 |Aug high C = 23.7 |Sep high C = 23.0 |Oct high C = 22.4 |Nov high C = 22.3 |Dec high C = 22.2 |year high C = |Jan low C = 10.6 |Feb low C = 10.9 |Mar low C = 11.7 |Apr low C = 13.0 |May low C = 13.8 |Jun low C = 14.5 |Jul low C = 14.1 |Aug low C = 13.8 |Sep low C = 13.9 |Oct low C = 13.5 |Nov low C = 12.2 |Dec low C = 10.9 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 2 |Feb precipitation mm = 1 |Mar precipitation mm = 2 |Apr precipitation mm = 31 |May precipitation mm = 124 |Jun precipitation mm = 239 |Jul precipitation mm = 202 |Aug precipitation mm = 194 |Sep precipitation mm = 226 |Oct precipitation mm = 128 |Nov precipitation mm = 22 |Dec precipitation mm = 7 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |title= Climate: Mixco |access-date= 11 October 2015 |website= Climate-Data.org}} Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología de Guatemala
Geographic location
|Center=Mixco |North=San Pedro Sacatepéquez, municipality of Guatemala Department |East=Chinautla and Guatemala City, municipalities of Guatemala Department |Southeast = Ciudad de Guatemala, capital of Guatemala and municipality of Guatemala Department |South=Villa Nueva, municipality of Guatemala Department |West=Sacatepéquez Department, department of Guatemala
References
References
- "Resultados Censo 2018".
- (8 September 2015). "Esto le escribió Otto Pérez Leal a Neto Bran, nuevo alcalde de Mixco".
- link. (2011-07-09 - Deportivo Mixco {{in lang). es
- Barillas, Edgar. (2013). "50 películas filmadas en Guatemala y una que no (1935-1996). Apuntes para una cartografía de los lugares filmados en Guatemala".
- Departamento de Investigación y servicios meteorológicos. "Isotermas de temperatura mínima absoluta anual".
- "Municipios del departamento de Guatemala".
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