Ocós
title: "Ocós" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-the-san-marcos-department", "surfing-locations"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-the-san-marcos-department" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocós" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Ocós |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| pushpin_map | Guatemala |
| image_skyline | Tilapa, Ocós, San Marcos.jpg |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Guatemala |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Guatemala |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | San Marcos |
| leader_title | Mayor (2016–2020) |
| leader_name | Aníbal Fausto Maldonado |
| leader_party | LIDER |
| area_total_km2 | 50.8 |
| population_as_of | 2018 census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 10841 |
| population_density_km2 | 213 |
| population_urban | 4417 |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| coordinates | |
| blank_name | Climate |
| blank_info | Aw |
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| official_name = Ocós | settlement_type = Municipality | pushpin_map = Guatemala | image_skyline = Tilapa, Ocós, San Marcos.jpg | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guatemala | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Guatemala | subdivision_type1 = Department | subdivision_name1 = San Marcos | leader_title = Mayor (2016–2020) | leader_name = Aníbal Fausto Maldonado | leader_party = LIDER | area_total_km2 = 50.8 | population_as_of = 2018 census | population_footnotes = | population_total = 10841 | population_density_km2 = 213 | population_urban = 4417 | unit_pref = Metric | coordinates = | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = Aw Ocós is a municipality in the San Marcos Department of Guatemala. It is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast, very close to the border with Mexico at 4 m altitude and two big rivers: the Suchiate and the Naranjo rivers. On 23 January 2014, it lost about 2/3 of its territory when La Blanca was named the thirtieth San Marcos Department municipality.
History
1897 Quetzaltenango Revolt
Main article: José María Reina Barrios, Manuel Estrada Cabrera
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In September 1897, after the failure of both the interoceanic railroad and the Central American Expo and the deep economic crisis that Guatemala was facing after the plummeting of both coffee and silver international prices, Quetzaltengo people raised in arms against the decision of present José María Reina Barrios to extend his presidential term until 1902. A group of rebels, among them a former Secretary of Reina Barrios's cabinet - Próspero Morales - began to combat on 7 September 1897 attacking San Marcos; after several battles and some gains in Ocós, Coatepeque and Colomba, the rebels were definitely defeated on 4 October 1897. As a result, on 23 October 1897, San Pedro Sacatepéquez became the capital of San Marcos Department.
Secession of La Blanca
On 23 January 2014, La Blanca split from Ocós after the Congress of Guatemala approved the separation by 115 of 158 possible. This meant that Ocós lost both 66% of its territory and population.
Climate
Ocós has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
|width=auto |location = Ocós |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 26.7 |Feb mean C = 27.0 |Mar mean C = 28.3 |Apr mean C = 29.1 |May mean C = 29.2 |Jun mean C = 28.3 |Jul mean C = 28.3 |Aug mean C = 28.4 |Sep mean C = 28.1 |Oct mean C = 28.1 |Nov mean C = 27.6 |Dec mean C = 26.8 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 34.1 |Feb high C = 34.4 |Mar high C = 35.4 |Apr high C = 35.5 |May high C = 35.1 |Jun high C = 33.6 |Jul high C = 34.0 |Aug high C = 34.1 |Sep high C = 33.6 |Oct high C = 33.6 |Nov high C = 33.7 |Dec high C = 33.5 |year high C = |Jan low C = 19.3 |Feb low C = 19.7 |Mar low C = 21.2 |Apr low C = 22.7 |May low C = 23.4 |Jun low C = 23.1 |Jul low C = 22.7 |Aug low C = 22.7 |Sep low C = 22.7 |Oct low C = 22.6 |Nov low C = 21.6 |Dec low C = 20.2 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 4 |Feb precipitation mm = 0 |Mar precipitation mm = 4 |Apr precipitation mm = 35 |May precipitation mm = 107 |Jun precipitation mm = 259 |Jul precipitation mm = 162 |Aug precipitation mm = 171 |Sep precipitation mm = 259 |Oct precipitation mm = 209 |Nov precipitation mm = 30 |Dec precipitation mm = 4 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |title= Climate: Ocós |access-date= 5 September 2015 |website= Climate-Data.org}}
References
- (8 September 2015). "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre.
- [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- (24 January 2014). "La Blanca se convirtió ayer en municipio 335". Prensa Libre.
- La Ilustración del Pacífico. (15 March 1898). "La revolución de septiembre". Siguere, Guirola y Cía.
- Arévalo Martínez, Rafael. (1945). "¡Ecce Pericles!". Tipografía Nacional.
- SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos".
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