San Marcos Depairtment
San Marcos is a depairtment in Guatemala. The caipital is the ceety o San Marcos.
Municipalities
[eedit | eedit soorce]The depairtment o San Marcos is dividit intae 29 municipalities:[1]
| Municipality[2] | Ethnicity | Population[2][nb 1] | Festival[3] | Altitude[4] | Extent[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayutla | 27,435 | 1st Friday of Lent | 24 metre (79 ft) | 204 square kilometre (79 sq mi) | |
| Catarina | 24,561 | 25 November | 233 metre (764 ft) | 76 square kilometre (29 sq mi) | |
| Comitancillo | 46,371 | 3 May | 2,280 metre (7,480 ft) | 113 square kilometre (44 sq mi) | |
| Concepción Tutuapa | 49,363 | 8 December | 2,910 metre (9,550 ft) | 176 square kilometre (68 sq mi) | |
| El Quetzal | 18,979 | 12 November & 6 January | 940 metre (3,080 ft) | 88 square kilometre (34 sq mi) | |
| El Rodeo | 14,125 | 19 March | 700 metre (2,300 ft) | 81 square kilometre (31 sq mi) | |
| El Tumbador | 35,501 | 6 January | 920 metre (3,020 ft) | 84 square kilometre (32 sq mi) | |
| Esquipulas Palo Gordo | 8,613 | 15 January | 2,474 metre (8,117 ft) | 21 square kilometre (8.1 sq mi) | |
| Ixchiguan | 20,324 | 5th Friday of Lent, 23 January & 29 July | 3,200 metre (10,500 ft) | 183 square kilometre (71 sq mi) | |
| La Reforma | 14,623 | 1 January | 1,139 metre (3,737 ft) | 100 square kilometre (39 sq mi) | |
| Malacatán | 70,834 | 13 December | 390 metre (1,280 ft) | 204 square kilometre (79 sq mi) | |
| Nuevo Progreso | 26,140 | 12 December | 660 metre (2,170 ft) | 140 square kilometre (54 sq mi) | |
| Ocos | 29,257 | 3 metre (9.8 ft) | 205 square kilometre (79 sq mi) | ||
| Pajapita | 16,600 | 8 December | 97 metre (318 ft) | 84 square kilometre (32 sq mi) | |
| Río Blanco | Mam[5] | 4,872 | 8 July[5] | 2,650 metre (8,690 ft) | 21 square kilometre (8.1 sq mi) |
| San Antonio Sacatepéquez | 14,658 | 17 January | 2,338 metre (7,671 ft) | 79 square kilometre (31 sq mi) | |
| San Cristóbal Cucho | 13,928 | 29 July | 2,350 metre (7,710 ft) | 36 square kilometre (14 sq mi) | |
| San José Ojetenam | 16,541 | 19 March | 3,050 metre (10,010 ft) | 37 square kilometre (14 sq mi) | |
| San Lorenzo | 9,714 | 10 August | 1,620 metre (5,310 ft) | 25 square kilometre (9.7 sq mi) | |
| San Marcos | 36,325 | 25 April | 2,397 metre (7,864 ft) | 121 square kilometre (47 sq mi) | |
| San Miguel Ixtahuacán | 29,658 | 29 September | 2,050 metre (6,730 ft) | 184 square kilometre (71 sq mi) | |
| San Pablo | 36,535 | 25 January | 610 metre (2,000 ft) | 124 square kilometre (48 sq mi) | |
| San Pedro Sacatepéquez | 58,005 | 29 June | 2,330 metre (7,640 ft) | 253 square kilometre (98 sq mi) | |
| San Rafael Pie de La Cuesta | 13,072 | 24 October | 1,038 metre (3,406 ft) | 60 square kilometre (23 sq mi) | |
| Sibinal | 13,268 | 29 September | 2,510 metre (8,230 ft) | 176 square kilometre (68 sq mi) | |
| Sipacapa | 14,043 | 24 August | 1,970 metre (6,460 ft) | 152 square kilometre (59 sq mi) | |
| Tacaná | 62,620 | 15 August | 2,410 metre (7,910 ft) | 302 square kilometre (117 sq mi) | |
| Tajumulco | 41,308 | 8 July | 2,050 metre (6,730 ft) | 300 square kilometre (120 sq mi) | |
| Tejutla | 27,672 | 25 July | 2,520 metre (8,270 ft) | 142 square kilometre (55 sq mi) |
Tourism
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The main tourist attractions o the San Marcos depairtment are its various Paceefic beaches.[6] Ither attractions include thermal baths an the caves o Castalia.[6]
Notes an references
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 2002 census.
 Alta Verapaz • Baja Verapaz • Chimaltenango • Chiquimula • El Petén • El Progreso • El Quiché • Escuintla • Guatemala • Huehuetenango • Izabal • Jalapa • Jutiapa • Quetzaltenango • Retalhuleu • Sacatepéquez • San Marcos • Santa Rosa • Sololá • Suchitepéquez • Totonicapán • Zacapa |
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