Chinautla | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 14°42′0″N 90°30′0″W / 14.70000°N 90.50000°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | Guatemala |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016-2020) | Brenda del Cid Medrano[2] (LIDER) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 21.7 sq mi (56.3 km2) |
Elevation | 4,042 ft (1,232 m) |
Population (2018 census)[3] | |
• Municipality | 114,752 |
• Density | 5,300/sq mi (2,000/km2) |
• Urban | 104,972 |
Climate | Aw |
Chinautla (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃiˈnawtla]) is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. The city has a population of 104,972 (2018 census) making it the fourteenth largest city in the country and the seventh largest in the Guatemala Department.[4]
Administrative division
[edit]Chinautla has eleven villages:[5]
- Los Jocotales
- San Martín
- San José Buena Vista
- El Durazno
- Tres Sabanas
- Las Lomas
- Cumbre de Guayabo
- San Antonio las Flores
- San Rafael las Flores
- La Laguneta
- El Chan
- Concepción Sacojito[6]
Climate
[edit]Chinautla has tropical climate (Köppen: Aw).
Climate data for Chinautla | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °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) |
26.9 (80.4) |
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 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
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 (59.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
25 (1.0) |
103 (4.1) |
207 (8.1) |
187 (7.4) |
132 (5.2) |
211 (8.3) |
96 (3.8) |
16 (0.6) |
2 (0.1) |
987 (38.9) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[7] |
Geographic location
[edit]Located at the center of Guatemala Department, it is surrounded by municipalities of that department only:[5]
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Valdeavellano, Alberto G. (1897). "Indígenas de Chinautla". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). I (15). Guatemala. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Alcaldes de la zona metropolitana empiezan a definirse". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Guatemala
- ^ a b c d "Municipios del departamento de Guatemala". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Climate: Chinautla". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- Valdeavellano, Alberto G. (1897). "Indígenas de Chinautla". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). I (15). Guatemala. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
Further reading
[edit]Medrano Family (in Spanish)
[edit]- "Caen los Medrano por lavado de Q9 millones". Siglo 21 (in Spanish). Guatemala. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
- "Capturan a Medrano por lavado de dinero". Siglo 21 (in Spanish). Guatemala. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
- "MP: Medrano lavó Q9.9 millones con colaboración de ONG y constructora". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). Guatemala. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
External links
[edit]Media related to Chinautla, Guatemala at Wikimedia Commons