Nuevo Progreso () is a

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

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History

The municipality was created on 17 October 1889 as "El Progreso'. After the murder of president general

José María Reina Barrios José María Reyna Barrios (24 December 1854 – 8 February 1898) was President of Guatemala from 15 March 1892 until his death on 8 February 1898. He was born in San Marcos, Guatemala and was nicknamed ''Reynita'', the diminutive form, bec ...

on 8 February 1898, lawyer

Manuel Estrada Cabrera Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (21 November 1857 – 24 September 1924) was the President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. A lawyer with no military background, he was a strong ruler (dictator) who modernised the country's industry and transportat ...

reached power and from the very beginning of his tenure he set up a dictatorial rule, which would last 22 years. The president admirers began a program by which numerous locations and structures were named after the Presidente, and then El Progreso became "Estrada Cabrera" in 1898. In 1908, following with the adulation program, the municipality was renamed, this time as "San Joaquin", a male version of Estrada Cabrera's mother name,

Joaquina Cabrera Joaquina Cabrera (21 August 1836 – 3 July 1908) was the de facto First Lady of Guatemala and mother of Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera. She had a large amount of influence on her son's government and she would be honored on her ...

-who had died on 3 July 1908- during the

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on 4 November 1908. Finally, it was named "Nuevo Progreso" on 3 May 1920, by president

Carlos Herrera y Luna Carlos Herrera y Luna (26 October 1856 – 3 July 1930) was a Guatemalan politician who served as acting President of Guatemala from 30 March 1920 to 15 September 1920, and President of Guatemala from 16 September 1920 until 10 December 1921. ...

, who issued an executive order to remove all references to Estrada Cabrera and his mother after the former president ousting on 17 April 1920. Nuevo Progreso is also known as "El Valle Escondido" (English: "The hidden valley") of the San Marcos Department coast.

Name changes over the years

Health system

Nuevo Progreso is most well known for the "Hospital de la Familia" located there. Medical specialists from the United States visit to offer care to those in need. When the specialists are in town, people often visit from across the country because of the expert care they can receive.

Climate

Nuevo Progreso has tropical climate(

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:''Am'').

Geographic location

It is surrounded by

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 ...

municipalities, except on the South, where it borders Coatepeque, a

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municipality.

References

External links

Hospital de la Familia
{{San Marcos Department Municipalities of the San Marcos Department