Ocós is a

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

San Marcos Department San Marcos is a department in southwestern 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 Highl ...

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. It is situated on the

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coast, very close to the border with

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at altitude and two big rivers: the

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and the

Naranjo Naranjo (Wak Kab'nal in Mayan) is a Pre-Columbian Maya city in the Petén Basin region of Guatemala. It was occupied from about 500 BC to 950 AD, with its height in the Late Classic Period. The site is part of Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park. ...

rivers. On 23 January 2014, it lost about 2/3 of its territory when

La Blanca La Blanca may refer to: *La Blanca, San Marcos (archaeological site) * La Blanca, San Marcos (municipality) *La Blanca, Peten, archaeological site * La Blanca, Texas, census-designated place See also *Blanca (disambiguation) Blanca (meaning "whit ...

was named the thirtieth San Marcos Department municipality.

History

1897 Quetzaltenango Revolt

In September 1897, after the failure of both the interoceanic railroad and the Central American Expo and the deep economic crisis that Guatemala was facing after the plummeting of both coffee and silver international prices, Quetzaltengo people raised in arms against the decision of present

José María Reina Barrios José María Reyna Barrios (December 24, 1854 – February 8, 1898) was President of Guatemala from March 15, 1892 until his assassination on February 8, 1898. He was a moderate of Guatemala's Liberal Party, who worked to solidify the less ...

to extend his presidential term until 1902. A group of rebels, among them a former Secretary of Reina Barrios's cabinet - Próspero Morales - began to combat on 7 September 1897 attacking San Marcos; after several battles and some gains in Ocós, Coatepeque and Colomba, the rebels were definitely defeated on 4 October 1897. As a result, on 23 October 1897, San Pedro Sacatepéquez became the capital of

Secession of La Blanca

On 23 January 2014, La Blanca split from Ocós after the

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approved the separation by 115 of 158 possible. This meant that Ocós lost both 66% of its territory and population.

Climate

Ocós has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

(

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: ''Aw'').

Notes and references

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocos Municipalities of the San Marcos Department Surfing locations