Chinautla

Chinautla

Native residence in Chinautla in 1897
Photograph by Alberto G. Valdeavellano[2]
Chinautla

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 14°42′0″N 90°30′0″W / 14.70000°N 90.50000°W / 14.70000; -90.50000Coordinates: 14°42′0″N 90°30′0″W / 14.70000°N 90.50000°W / 14.70000; -90.50000
Country Guatemala
Department Guatemala
Government
 • Mayor (2016-2020) Brenda del Cid Medrano[3] (LIDER)
Area
 • Total 30 sq mi (80 km2)
Elevation 4,042 ft (1,232 m)
Population (2002)
 • Total 77,071
Climate Aw

Chinautla (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃiˈnautla]) is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 77,071,[4] making it the ninth-largest city in the country and the seventh largest in the Guatemala Department.


Administrative division

Chinautla has eleven villages:[5]

  1. Los Jocotales
  2. San Martín
  3. San José Buena Vista
  4. El Durazno
  5. Tres Sabanas
  6. Las Lomas
  7. Cumbre de Guayabo
  8. San Antonio las Flores
  9. San Rafael las Flores
  10. La Laguneta
  11. El Chan
  12. Concepción Sacojito[6]

Climate

Chinautla has tropical climate (Köppen: Aw).

Climate data for Chinautla
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 25.8
(78.4)		 26.8
(80.2)		 28.3
(82.9)		 28.7
(83.7)		 28.4
(83.1)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.0
(78.8)		 25.8
(78.4)		 25.5
(77.9)		 26.88
(80.38)
Daily mean °C (°F) 19.6
(67.3)		 20.3
(68.5)		 21.6
(70.9)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.2
(72)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.1
(70)		 20.4
(68.7)		 19.6
(67.3)		 21.29
(70.33)
Average low °C (°F) 13.5
(56.3)		 13.9
(57)		 15.0
(59)		 16.3
(61.3)		 17.0
(62.6)		 17.4
(63.3)		 17.1
(62.8)		 16.9
(62.4)		 16.8
(62.2)		 16.2
(61.2)		 15.0
(59)		 13.7
(56.7)		 15.73
(60.32)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1
(0.04)		 2
(0.08)		 5
(0.2)		 25
(0.98)		 103
(4.06)		 207
(8.15)		 187
(7.36)		 132
(5.2)		 211
(8.31)		 96
(3.78)		 16
(0.63)		 2
(0.08)		 987
(38.87)
Source: Climate-Data.org[7]

Geographic location

Located at the center of Guatemala Department, it is surrounded by municipalities of that Department only:[5]

 Chuarrancho
Mixco, San Pedro Sacatepéquez and San Raymundo San Pedro Ayampuc[5]
   Chinautla  
Guatemala City[5]


See also

Notes and references

    References

    1. ↑ Valdeavellano, Alberto G. (1897). "Indígenas de Chinautla". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). Guatemala. I (15). Retrieved 19 October 2015.
    2. ↑ Valdeavellano, Alberto G. (1897). "Indígenas de Chinautla". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). Guatemala. I (15). Retrieved 19 October 2015.
    3. ↑ "Alcaldes de la zona metropolitana empiezan a definirse". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
    4. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/Guatemala.html
    5. 1 2 3 4 "Municipios del departamento de Guatemala". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
    6. ↑ "Monografía de Chinautla" (PDF). Municipalidad de Chinautla (in Spanish). Chinautla, Guatemala. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
    7. ↑ "Climate: Chinautla". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

    Bibliography

    Further reading

    Medrano Family (in Spanish)

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