Mixco () is a

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and municipality in the Guatemala department of

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. 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.

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, one of Guatemala's largest cities, is located in this municipality. It is the second largest city in Guatemala Department, after Guatemala City, with a population of 465,773.

Administrative division

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

Mayors

Universities

* UruralG * UPANA * USAC *

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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.Estadio del Deportivo Mixco
- Deportivo Mixco

In film

* In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film ''

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'', with famous Mexican comedian

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and Guatemalan actor

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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'').

Administrative division

Mayors

Universities

Sports

In film

Climate

Geographic location

See also

References

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