Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Municipality and town in Escuintla Department, Guatemala

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14°21′00″N 91°01′00″W / 14.35000°N 91.01667°W / 14.35000; -91.01667Country

GuatemalaDepartmentEscuintla DepartmentArea

• Total200 sq mi (530 km²)Elevation

1,220 ft (372 m)Population

(2018 census)^[1]

• Total112,780 • Density550/sq mi (210/km²)ClimateAm

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta luˈsi.a kotsumalˈɣwapa]) is a town, with a population of 58,877 (2018 census),^[2] and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.

The municipality includes the Cotzumalhuapa archaeological zone, including the pre-Columbian archaeological sites of El Baúl and Bilbao. It is the birthplace of president Carlos Castillo Armas.

Climate

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am).

Climate data for Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.3 (88.3)	31.8 (89.2)	32.9 (91.2)	32.9 (91.2)	32.4 (90.3)	31.4 (88.5)	31.4 (88.5)	31.3 (88.3)	30.5 (86.9)	30.5 (86.9)	30.5 (86.9)	31.0 (87.8)	31.5 (88.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.7 (76.5)	25.2 (77.4)	26.3 (79.3)	26.7 (80.1)	26.7 (80.1)	26.1 (79.0)	26.0 (78.8)	26.0 (78.8)	25.6 (78.1)	25.4 (77.7)	25.0 (77.0)	24.9 (76.8)	25.7 (78.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18.2 (64.8)	18.7 (65.7)	19.7 (67.5)	20.5 (68.9)	21.0 (69.8)	20.8 (69.4)	20.7 (69.3)	20.7 (69.3)	20.7 (69.3)	20.3 (68.5)	19.6 (67.3)	18.9 (66.0)	20.0 (68.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	12 (0.5)	16 (0.6)	41 (1.6)	114 (4.5)	351 (13.8)	517 (20.4)	415 (16.3)	437 (17.2)	574 (22.6)	502 (19.8)	149 (5.9)	28 (1.1)	3,156 (124.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[3]

Sports

The town has a team that plays in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top division soccer league in Guatemala.

Places adjacent to Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Yepocapa, Chimaltenango municipality

Patulul, Suchitepéquez Department municipality

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Siquinalá, La Democracia, Escuintla municipalities^[4]

Nueva Concepción, Escuintla municipality

La Gomera, Escuintla municipality^[4]

Notes and references

^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
^ "Climate: Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b SEGEPLAN. "Municipios de Escuintla, Guatemala". Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.