La Blanca, San Marcos
La Blanca is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala on the Pacific Ocean shore. It was created on 23 January 2014, when it was split from Ocos, along with Chiquirines and Pueblo Nuevo villages and became San Marcos Department thirtieth municipality.[3] When created in 2014, La Blanca had about 25,000 inhabitants.[3]
La Blanca | |
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Municipality | |
  La Blanca Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°34′45″N 92°08′29″W | |
| Country |  |
| Department |  |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016-2020) | Haroldo Cordero[1] (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 96.1 km2 (37.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 29,112 |
| • Density | 303/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,921 |
| Climate | Aw |
Climate
La Blanca has tropical climate (Köppen:Cwb).
| Climate data for La Blanca | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 34.3 (93.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.3 (93.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.1 (82.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
41 (1.6) |
117 (4.6) |
275 (10.8) |
176 (6.9) |
182 (7.2) |
271 (10.7) |
218 (8.6) |
38 (1.5) |
6 (0.2) |
1,334 (52.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
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See also
- La Aurora International Airport
- Tapachula International Airport
References
- "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- "La Blanca se convirtió ayer en municipio 335". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- "Climate: La Blanca". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
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