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Mixco
Condado Naranjo - Mixco, Guatemala.jpg
Flag of Mixco
Flag
 Coat of arms of Mixco
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Land of champions Spanish: Tierra de campeones
Mixco is located in Guatemala
Mixco
Mixco
Location in Guatemala
Country Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Department Guatemala
Area
 • Total 37.0 sq mi (95.9 km2)
Elevation
5,548 ft (1,691 m)
Population
 (census 2018)
 • Total 465,773
 • Density 12,579/sq mi (4,856.9/km2)
Climate Cwb

Mixco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmisko]) 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 475,777. Ciudad San Cristóbal is located within Mixco.

Administrative division

Guatemala - Mixco
Guatemala Department map, showing Mixco municipality area.

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.

Mixco Administrative Division
Settlement List
Villages
  1. El Campanero
  2. El Naranjito
  3. San José La Comunidad
  4. Sacoj
  5. Lo de Coy
  6. Buena Vista
  7. Lo de Bran
  8. El Aguacate
  9. Lo de Fuentes
  10. El Manzanillo
Residential
neighborhoods
  1. El Milagro
  2. Monte Real
  3. Primero de Julio
  4. Monte Verde
  5. San Francisco
  6. El Castaño
  7. El Caminero
  8. Pablo VI
  9. Carolingia
  10. Belencito
  11. Las Brisas
  12. Molino de Las Flores
  13. La Brigada
  14. Ciudad San Cristóbal
  15. Belén
  16. Lomas de Portugal
  17. Monserrat
  18. Bosques de San Nicolás
  19. Las Minervas
  20. El Tesoro
  21. El Tesoro Banvi
  22. Ciudad Satelite
  23. Santa Marta

From the residential neighborhoods is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join Guatemala City in 1958.

Mayors

Elected mayors since 1986
Mayor Time in office Party
Juan Guillermo Gómez Valdéz 15 January 1986 - 15 January 1991 Democracia Cristiana
Víctor Manuel Herrera 15 January 1991 - 15 January 1996 Partido de Avanzada Nacional
Édgar Abraham Rivera 15 January 1996 - 15 January 2000 Partido de Avanzada Nacional
15 January 2000 - 15 January 2004 Frente Republicano Guatemalteco
Amílcar Rivera 15 January 2004 - 15 January 2008 Partido de Avanzada Nacional
15 January 2008 - 15 January 2012 Partido Patriota
Otto Pérez 15 January 2012 - 15 January 2016 Partido Patriota
Neto Bran 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020 Movimiento Reformador

Universities

  • UruralG
  • UPANA
  • USAC
  • URL

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).

Climate data for Mixco
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.3
(72.1)		 23.4
(74.1)		 24.8
(76.6)		 25.3
(77.5)		 24.9
(76.8)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.2
(72.0)		 23.4
(74.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.4
(61.5)		 17.1
(62.8)		 18.2
(64.8)		 19.1
(66.4)		 19.3
(66.7)		 18.9
(66.0)		 18.7
(65.7)		 18.7
(65.7)		 18.4
(65.1)		 17.9
(64.2)		 17.2
(63.0)		 16.5
(61.7)		 18.0
(64.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 10.6
(51.1)		 10.9
(51.6)		 11.7
(53.1)		 13.0
(55.4)		 13.8
(56.8)		 14.5
(58.1)		 14.1
(57.4)		 13.8
(56.8)		 13.9
(57.0)		 13.5
(56.3)		 12.2
(54.0)		 10.9
(51.6)		 12.7
(54.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2
(0.1)		 1
(0.0)		 2
(0.1)		 31
(1.2)		 124
(4.9)		 239
(9.4)		 202
(8.0)		 194
(7.6)		 226
(8.9)		 128
(5.0)		 22
(0.9)		 7
(0.3)		 1,178
(46.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org
Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología de Guatemala

Geographic location

San Pedro Sacatepéquez, municipality of Guatemala Department
Sacatepéquez Department, department of Guatemala Chinautla and Guatemala City, municipalities of Guatemala Department
   Mixco    
Villa Nueva, municipality of Guatemala Department Ciudad de Guatemala, capital of Guatemala and municipality of Guatemala Department
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