The Centro de Agricultura Tropical Bulbuxyá is an old coffee estate in

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

in which there is an

Arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

, in which the land is devoted to agroforestry research. The centre depends on the

University of San Carlos of Guatemala The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, ''University of San Carlos of Guatemala'') is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spani ...

and the National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP). The property is located in the municipality of

San Miguel Panán San Miguel Panán () is a Municipalities of Guatemala, municipality in the Suchitepéquez Department, Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It is situated at 730 m above sea level. It contains 15,000 people. It covers a terrain of 40 km². ...

, near

San Antonio Suchitepéquez San Antonio Suchitepéquez () is a town, with a population of 13,666 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. The municipality is located at an elevation of 300 metres to 500 metres above sea level Mean s ...

Suchitepéquez Department Suchitepéquez () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its capital is Mazatenango. It is situated in the southwestern region of Guatemala, bordering Quetzaltenango, Sololá, and Chimaltenango to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the sout ...

History

The estate belonged to the Guatemalan writer

Flavio Herrera Flavio Herrera (nicknamed ''El Tigre'') (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala. Biography Born in Guatemala City ...

, nicknamed "The Tiger" (the name of his 1934 novel). When he died on January 31, 1968, he donated his house and farm assets to the University of San Carlos of Guatemala for agricultural research. The Arboretum contains over 100 native and exotic plants.

References

* ''This article was initially translated from the Spanish Wikipedia.''

External links

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