Río Blanco is a mountainous
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
San Marcos department
San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.
The department's capital is the city of San Marcos.
History
Colonial period
The Spanish conquest of Guatemalan Highlan ...
of
Guatemala
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at 2650 altitude.
Mam and Spanish are spoken there.
Climate
Río Blanco has temperate climate (
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
: ''Cwb'').
See also
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References
External links
Some information in Spanish
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Municipalities of the San Marcos Department