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
Municipality
La Blanca
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°34′45″N 92°08′29″W
Country Guatemala
Department San Marcos
Government
  Mayor (2016-2020)Haroldo Cordero[1] (PP)
Area
  Municipality96.1 km2 (37.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 census)[2]
  Municipality29,112
  Density303/km2 (780/sq mi)
  Urban
13,921
ClimateAw

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

See also

References

  1. "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. "La Blanca se convirtió ayer en municipio 335". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. "Climate: La Blanca". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. 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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