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Mixco () is a
The municipality is divided into zones with residential neighborhoods, villages, settlements and the municipal capital. Due to its close proximity to
Estadio del Deportivo Mixco
- Deportivo Mixco
History
Municipalidad de Mixco
(in Spanish)
La Casa de La Cultura de Mixco
(in Spanish)
Mixco Tierra de Campeones
(in Spanish) {{Authority control Municipalities of the Guatemala Department
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
and municipality in the Guatemala department
Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City and several of its suburbs.
The department covers a surface are ...
of 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 ...
. 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. Ciudad San Cristóbal
Ciudad San Cristóbal is a neighbourhoodSubdivisions in the municipality of MixcoMixco municipality official website/ref> in the city of Mixco, and part of the department of Guatemala.
One of the biggest housing developments near Guatemala City, ...
, one of Guatemala's largest cities, is located in this municipality. It is the second largest city in Guatemala Department, after Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
, 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
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
, several villages were turned into residential neighborhoods.
From the residential neighborhoods it is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
in 1958.
Mayors
Universities
* UruralG * UPANA * USAC *URL
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*UNI
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.- Deportivo Mixco
In film
* In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film ''El ogro
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
'', with famous Mexican comedian Germán Valdéz
Germán () is a male given name in Spanish speaking countries. It is a cognate to French Germain, and is a variant of Latin Germanus.
Surname
* Domingo Germán (born 1992), baseball player
* Esteban Germán (born 1978), Dominican professiona ...
and Guatemalan actor Herbert Meneses
Herbert Meneses (July 17, 1939 – March 6, 2021) was a Guatemalan actor, writer, teacher, and director of film, television, and theater productions. He began his acting career at age 11. He was part of many radio play series.The government of Gu ...
was filmed on location in Tikal
Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Co ...
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'').Geographic location
See also
* * * List of places in Guatemala *Guatemala Department
Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City and several of its suburbs.
The department covers a surface are ...
*Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
References
External links
*History
Municipalidad de Mixco
(in Spanish)
La Casa de La Cultura de Mixco
(in Spanish)
Mixco Tierra de Campeones
(in Spanish) {{Authority control Municipalities of the Guatemala Department