La Blanca, San Marcos (municipality)
La Blanca | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  La Blanca Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°34′45″N 92°08′29″W / 14.57917°N 92.14139°W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  San Marcos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016-2020) | Aroldo Cordero[1] (PP) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 96.1 km2 (37.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
• Municipality | 29,112 |
| • Density | 303/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,921 |
| Climate | Aw |
La Blanca is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala on the Pacific Ocean shore. It was created on 23 January 2014, when it was split from Ocos, along with Chiquirines and Pueblo Nuevo villages and became San Marcos Department thirtieth municipality.[3] When created in 2014, La Blanca had about 25,000 inhabitants.[3]
Climate
[edit]La Blanca has tropical climate (Köppen:Cwb).
| Climate data for La Blanca | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.3 (93.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.3 (93.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.1 (82.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
41 (1.6) |
117 (4.6) |
275 (10.8) |
176 (6.9) |
182 (7.2) |
271 (10.7) |
218 (8.6) |
38 (1.5) |
6 (0.2) |
1,334 (52.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
[edit]La Blanca is located in Southern San Marcos, bordering the departments of Retalhuleu to the southeast, and Quetzaltenango to the northeast. In San Marcos, it borders Ocos to the northwest and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ a b "La Blanca se convirtió ayer en municipio 335". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Climate: La Blanca". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
14°34′45″N 92°08′29″W / 14.57917°N 92.14139°W
