Coatepeque (), also known as Village of gardenias, is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Quetzaltenango department of
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. According to the 2018 census, the town of Coatepeque had a population of 37,330.
Coatepeque sits near the
Suchiate River and is a transportation center on the Pacific Coast Highway.
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 subtype 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 is nearby.
Capabilities
Organizations
People
Events
Sports
Deportivo Coatepeque 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 (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.
It is located 40 kilometers south west from Quetzaltenango city.
References
External links
{{Authority control
Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department