Mixco

{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox settlement   | official_name = Mixco | native_name =  | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Paso a Desnivel Ruta Interamericana CA-1.jpg | photo2a = Condado Naranjo - Mixco, Guatemala.jpg | photo2b = San Cristóbal, Mixco GT.jpg | photo3a = Puente-San-Cristobal-Mixco.jpg | photo3b = Edificios en el Naranjo.jpg | position = center | color_border = white | color = white | size = 250 }} |image_caption = {{hlist|'''From top, left to right''': View of the city • The El Naranjo Condominium • View of [[Ciudad San Cristóbal]] • The San Cristóbal Bridge at night • Buildings in El Naranjo}} | image_flag = Bandera de Mixco (Guatemala).png | flag_size = 120px | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Escudo De Mixco.png | shield_size = 55px | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | nickname = | motto = Land of champions Spanish: Tierra de campeones | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Guatemala Guatemala#Guatemala | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guatemala | coordinates = {{coord|14|37|59|N|90|36|23|W|region:GT|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg|25px]] [[Guatemala]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Guatemala|Department]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name1 = [[Guatemala Department|Guatemala]] | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_name4 =  | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_party = [[Reform Movement (Guatemala)|RM]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Neto Bran | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | unit_pref = metric | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 95.9 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 =  | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = 1691 | elevation_ft =  | population_total = 465,773 | population_as_of = census 2018 | population_rank = [[List of places in Guatemala|2nd in Guatemala]] | population_footnotes = <ref name=mixco/> | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_note = | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] | blank_info = [[Oceanic climate#Subtropical highland variety (Cfb, Cwb)|Cwb]] | blank1_name = | blank1_info = }}

'''Mixco''' ({{IPA|es|ˈmisko}}) is a [[city]] and municipality in the [[Guatemala Department|Guatemala department]] of [[Guatemala]]. It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and has become part of the [[Guatemala City Metropolitan Area]]. Most of Mixco is separated from the City by [[canyons]], for which a multitude of bridges have been created. It is the second largest city in Guatemala after [[Guatemala City]], with a population of 465,773.<ref name="mixco">{{Cite web |title=Resultados Censo 2018 |url=https://censo2018.ine.gob.gt/archivos/resultados_censo2018.pdf |website=censo2018.ine.gob.gt}}</ref> [[Ciudad San Cristóbal]] is located within Mixco.

The municipality is divided into zones with residential neighborhoods, villages, settlements and the municipal capital. Due to its close proximity to [[Guatemala City]], several villages were turned into residential neighborhoods.

{|class="wikitable" |+Mixco Administrative Division |- !Settlement !List |- !style=background:lemonchiffon;|Villages |{{colbegin}} #El Campanero #El Naranjito #San José La Comunidad #Sacoj #Lo de Coy #Buena Vista #Lo de Bran #El Aguacate #Lo de Fuentes #El Manzanillo {{Div col end}} |- !style=background:lemonchiffon;|Residential<br /> neighborhoods |{{colbegin}} #El Milagro #Monte Real #Primero de Julio #Monte Verde #San Francisco #El Castaño #El Caminero #Pablo VI #Carolingia #Belencito #Las Brisas #Molino de Las Flores #La Brigada #Ciudad San Cristóbal #Belén #Lomas de Portugal #Monserrat #Bosques de San Nicolás #Las Minervas #El Tesoro #El Tesoro Banvi #Ciudad Satelite #Santa Marta {{Div col end}} |}

From the residential neighborhoods is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join [[Guatemala City]] in 1958.

== Mayors ==

{|class="wikitable" |+Elected mayors since 1986 |- !width=25%|Mayor !Time in office !Party |- !style=background:lemonchiffon;|Juan Guillermo Gómez Valdéz | 15 January 1986 - 15 January 1991 |Democracia Cristiana |- !style=background:lemonchiffon;| Víctor Manuel Herrera | 15 January 1991 - 15 January 1996 |[[Partido de Avanzada Nacional]] |- !style=background:lemonchiffon; rowspan=2| Édgar Abraham Rivera | 15 January 1996 - 15 January 2000 | [[Partido de Avanzada Nacional]] |- | 15 January 2000 - 15 January 2004 |[[Frente Republicano Guatemalteco]] |- !style=background:lemonchiffon; rowspan=2| Amílcar Rivera | 15 January 2004 - 15 January 2008 |[[Partido de Avanzada Nacional]] |- | 15 January 2008 - 15 January 2012 |[[Partido Patriota]] |- !style=background:lemonchiffon;| Otto Pérez | 15 January 2012 - 15 January 2016 |[[Partido Patriota]] |- !style=background:lemonchiffon;|Neto Bran | 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020 |[[Movimiento Reformador (Guatemala)|Movimiento Reformador]]<ref name=neto>{{cite web|url=http://www.publinews.gt/nacionales/esto-le-escribio-otto-perez-leal-a-neto-bran-nuevo-alcalde-de-mixco/Tetoig---SMCG8MaQlKG0A/ |title=Esto le escribió Otto Pérez Leal a Neto Bran, nuevo alcalde de Mixco |website=Publinews |date=8 September 2015 |access-date=8 September 2015 |location=Guatemala |language=es |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908044102/http://www.publinews.gt/nacionales/esto-le-escribio-otto-perez-leal-a-neto-bran-nuevo-alcalde-de-mixco/Tetoig---SMCG8MaQlKG0A/ |archive-date=September 8, 2015 }}</ref> |- |}

==Universities== * [[Universidad Rural de Guatemala|UruralG]] * [[Universidad Panamericana de Guatemala|UPANA]] * [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala|USAC]] * [[Universidad Rafael Landívar|URL]]

==Sports== [[Deportivo Mixco]] football club play in the [[Primera División de Ascenso|Guatemalan second division]]. They have been playing their home games at different locations and plan to build the new Estadio de La Tierra de Campeones.<ref>[http://deportivomixco.com/desplieganews.php?codigo=49 Estadio del Deportivo Mixco] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709013518/http://deportivomixco.com/desplieganews.php?codigo=49 |date=2011-07-09 }} - Deportivo Mixco {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==In film== * In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film ''[[El ogro]]'', with famous Mexican comedian [[Germán Valdéz]] and Guatemalan actor [[Herbert Meneses]] was filmed on location in [[Tikal]] and Mixco. The scenes shot in Mixco include Germán Valdéz as an old church keeper and a group of children who listen to his old stories.<ref name=barillas>{{cite web|url=http://sitios.usac.edu.gt/revistahistoria/index.php?id=71 |title=50 películas filmadas en Guatemala y una que no (1935-1996). Apuntes para una cartografía de los lugares filmados en Guatemala |last=Barillas |first=Edgar |website=Revista Historia de la [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala]] |location=Guatemala |year=2013 |language=es |access-date=22 October 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022163747/http://sitios.usac.edu.gt/revistahistoria/index.php?id=71 |archive-date=October 22, 2015 }}</ref>

==Climate==

Mixco has a [[Oceanic climate|subtropical highland climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cwb'').

{{Weather box |width=auto |location = Mixco |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 16.4 |Feb mean C = 17.1 |Mar mean C = 18.2 |Apr mean C = 19.1 |May mean C = 19.3 |Jun mean C = 18.9 |Jul mean C = 18.7 |Aug mean C = 18.7 |Sep mean C = 18.4 |Oct mean C = 17.9 |Nov mean C = 17.2 |Dec mean C = 16.5 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 22.3 |Feb high C = 23.4 |Mar high C = 24.8 |Apr high C = 25.3 |May high C = 24.9 |Jun high C = 23.4 |Jul high C = 23.4 |Aug high C = 23.7 |Sep high C = 23.0 |Oct high C = 22.4 |Nov high C = 22.3 |Dec high C = 22.2 |year high C = |Jan low C = 10.6 |Feb low C = 10.9 |Mar low C = 11.7 |Apr low C = 13.0 |May low C = 13.8 |Jun low C = 14.5 |Jul low C = 14.1 |Aug low C = 13.8 |Sep low C = 13.9 |Oct low C = 13.5 |Nov low C = 12.2 |Dec low C = 10.9 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 2 |Feb precipitation mm = 1 |Mar precipitation mm = 2 |Apr precipitation mm = 31 |May precipitation mm = 124 |Jun precipitation mm = 239 |Jul precipitation mm = 202 |Aug precipitation mm = 194 |Sep precipitation mm = 226 |Oct precipitation mm = 128 |Nov precipitation mm = 22 |Dec precipitation mm = 7 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate-Data.org"> {{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/5979/ |title= Climate: Mixco |access-date= 11 October 2015 |website= Climate-Data.org}}</ref><br />Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología de Guatemala<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mn-abs.jpg |author=Departamento de Investigación y servicios meteorológicos |title=Isotermas de temperatura mínima absoluta anual |language=es |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517095244/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mn-abs.jpg |archive-date=May 17, 2012 }}; {{cite web|url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mx-abs.jpg |title=Isotermas de temperatura máxima absoluta anual |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524204623/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mx-abs.jpg |archive-date=May 24, 2012 }}; {{cite web|url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mx-prom.jpg |title=Isotermas de temperatura máxima promedio anual |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515143756/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mx-prom.jpg |archive-date=May 15, 2012 }}; {{cite web|url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mn-prom.jpg |title=Isotermas de temperature mínima promedio annual |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529150210/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mn-prom.jpg |archive-date=May 29, 2012 }}; {{cite web|url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/d-lluvia.jpg |access-date=23 October 2015 |location=Guatemala |website=Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Metereología e Hidrología |title=Sumatoria de días con lluvia promedio anual |language=es |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515150925/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/d-lluvia.jpg |archive-date=May 15, 2012 }}</ref> }}

== Geographic location ==

{{Geographic location |Center=Mixco |North=[[San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala|San Pedro Sacatepéquez]], municipality of [[Guatemala Department]] |East=[[Chinautla]] and [[Guatemala City]], municipalities of Guatemala Department<ref name=segeplan>{{cite web|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=8:guatemala&Itemid=333|title=Municipios del departamento de Guatemala|access-date=22 July 2015|website=SEGEPLAN|location=Guatemala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707073241/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=8:guatemala&Itemid=333|archive-date=7 July 2015|language=es}}</ref> |Southeast = Ciudad de Guatemala, capital of Guatemala and municipality of [[Guatemala Department]] |South=[[Villa Nueva, Guatemala|Villa Nueva]], municipality of Guatemala Department |West=[[Sacatepéquez Department]], department of [[Guatemala]] }}

==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Guatemala}} * {{Portal-inline|Geography}} *[[List of places in Guatemala]] *[[Guatemala Department]] *[[Guatemala City]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} {{Refbegin}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140523083308/http://www.chimaltenango.org/departamentos/region-metropolitana/guatemala/mixco History]}} * [http://www.munimixco.com Municipalidad de Mixco] (in Spanish) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150927023055/http://casadelaculturamixco.com/ La Casa de La Cultura de Mixco] (in Spanish) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190721194959/http://villademixco.com/ Mixco Tierra de Campeones] (in Spanish) {{Refend}}

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