Coatepeque () also known as Village of gardenias is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Quetzaltenango department Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango, the second largest city in Guatemala.Rouanet et al 1992, p.14. The department is divided up into 24 municipalities. The inhabitants in ...

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. According to the 2018 census, the town of Coatepeque had a population of 37,330.

Climate

Coatepeque has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(Am) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy to very heavy rainfall from April to November.

Structures

Archaeology

Takalik Abaj Tak'alik Ab'aj (; ; ) is a pre-Columbian archaeology, archaeological site in Guatemala. It was formerly known as Abaj Takalik; its ancient name may have been Kooja. It is one of several Mesoamerican sites with both Olmec and Maya civilization, M ...

is nearby.

Capabilities

Organizations

People

Events

Sports

Deportivo Coatepeque El Deportivo Coatepeque, is a Guatemalan football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at ''Estadio Israel Barrios''. History ...

football club play in the Liga Nacional (the Major National League) of Guatemalan Football. The Serpientes Rojas play their home games in the

Israel Barrios Stadium The Estadio Israel Barrios is a football stadium in Coatepeque, Guatemala. It was inaugurated on January 30, 2011. Its construction started in 2009, with funding from local entrepreneur Israel Barrios (after whom the stadium is named), who aim ...

(capacity 24,000, natural grass turf).Stadiums in Guatemala
- World Stadiums

Geographic location

The Coatepeque urban area has 22 neighborhoods, and its rural area has 15 middle sized villages and 25 small sized ones.

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{{Authority control Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department