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Municipality in Guatemala, Guatemala Mixco Municipality 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 Flag Coat of arms Motto: Land of champions Spanish: Tierra de campeones Mixco Location in Guatemala Show map of Guatemala Department Mixco Mixco (Guatemala) Show map of Guatemala Coordinates: 14°37′59″N 90°36′23″W / 14.63306°N 90.60639°W / 14.63306; -90.60639 Country Guatemala Department Guatemala Government • Mayor Neto Bran (RM) Area • Total 95.9 km2 (37.0 sq mi) Elevation 1,691 m (5,548 ft) Population (census 2018)[1] • Total 465,773 • Rank 2nd in Guatemala • Density 4,860/km2 (12,600/sq mi) Climate Cwb **Mixco** (Spanish pronunciation: [\[ˈmisko\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish)) is a [city](/source/City) and municipality in the [Guatemala department](/source/Guatemala_Department) of [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala). It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and has become part of the [Guatemala City Metropolitan Area](/source/Guatemala_City_Metropolitan_Area). Most of Mixco is separated from the City by [canyons](/source/Canyons), for which a multitude of bridges have been created. It is the second largest city in Guatemala after [Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City), with a population of 465,773.[1] [Ciudad San Cristóbal](/source/Ciudad_San_Crist%C3%B3bal) is located within Mixco. ## Administrative division [Guatemala Department](/source/Guatemala_Department) map, showing Mixco municipality area. Bosques San Nicolás Park seen at night. The municipality is divided into zones with residential neighborhoods, villages, settlements and the municipal capital. Due to its close proximity to [Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City), several villages were turned into residential neighborhoods. Mixco Administrative Division Settlement List Villages El Campanero El Naranjito San José La Comunidad Sacoj Lo de Coy Buena Vista Lo de Bran El Aguacate Lo de Fuentes El Manzanillo Residential neighborhoods 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 From the residential neighborhoods is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join [Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City) in 1958. ## Mayors Elected mayors since 1986 Mayor Time in office Party Juan Guillermo Gómez Valdéz 15 January 1986 - 15 January 1991 Democracia Cristiana Víctor Manuel Herrera 15 January 1991 - 15 January 1996 Partido de Avanzada Nacional Édgar Abraham Rivera 15 January 1996 - 15 January 2000 Partido de Avanzada Nacional 15 January 2000 - 15 January 2004 Frente Republicano Guatemalteco Amílcar Rivera 15 January 2004 - 15 January 2008 Partido de Avanzada Nacional 15 January 2008 - 15 January 2012 Partido Patriota Otto Pérez 15 January 2012 - 15 January 2016 Partido Patriota Neto Bran 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020 Movimiento Reformador[2] ## Universities - [UruralG](/source/Universidad_Rural_de_Guatemala) - [UPANA](/source/Universidad_Panamericana_de_Guatemala) - [USAC](/source/Universidad_de_San_Carlos_de_Guatemala) - [URL](/source/Universidad_Rafael_Land%C3%ADvar) ## Sports [Deportivo Mixco](/source/Deportivo_Mixco) football club play in the [Guatemalan second division](/source/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Ascenso). They have been playing their home games at different locations and plan to build the new Estadio de La Tierra de Campeones.[3] ## In film - In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film *[El ogro](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_ogro&action=edit&redlink=1)*, with famous Mexican comedian [Germán Valdéz](/source/Germ%C3%A1n_Vald%C3%A9z) and Guatemalan actor [Herbert Meneses](/source/Herbert_Meneses) was filmed on location in [Tikal](/source/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.[4] ## Climate Mixco has a [subtropical highland climate](/source/Oceanic_climate) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): *Cwb*). Climate data for Mixco Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.3 (72.1) 23.4 (74.1) 24.8 (76.6) 25.3 (77.5) 24.9 (76.8) 23.4 (74.1) 23.4 (74.1) 23.7 (74.7) 23.0 (73.4) 22.4 (72.3) 22.3 (72.1) 22.2 (72.0) 23.4 (74.1) Daily mean °C (°F) 16.4 (61.5) 17.1 (62.8) 18.2 (64.8) 19.1 (66.4) 19.3 (66.7) 18.9 (66.0) 18.7 (65.7) 18.7 (65.7) 18.4 (65.1) 17.9 (64.2) 17.2 (63.0) 16.5 (61.7) 18.0 (64.5) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 10.6 (51.1) 10.9 (51.6) 11.7 (53.1) 13.0 (55.4) 13.8 (56.8) 14.5 (58.1) 14.1 (57.4) 13.8 (56.8) 13.9 (57.0) 13.5 (56.3) 12.2 (54.0) 10.9 (51.6) 12.7 (54.9) Average precipitation mm (inches) 2 (0.1) 1 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 31 (1.2) 124 (4.9) 239 (9.4) 202 (8.0) 194 (7.6) 226 (8.9) 128 (5.0) 22 (0.9) 7 (0.3) 1,178 (46.4) Source: Climate-Data.org[5] Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología de Guatemala[6] ## Geographic location Places adjacent to Mixco San Pedro Sacatepéquez, municipality of Guatemala Department Sacatepéquez Department, department of Guatemala Mixco Chinautla and Guatemala City, municipalities of Guatemala Department[7] Villa Nueva, municipality of Guatemala Department Ciudad de Guatemala, capital of Guatemala and municipality of Guatemala Department ## See also - [Guatemala portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Guatemala) - [Geography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geography) - [List of places in Guatemala](/source/List_of_places_in_Guatemala) - [Guatemala Department](/source/Guatemala_Department) - [Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mixco_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mixco_1-1) ["Resultados Censo 2018"](https://censo2018.ine.gob.gt/archivos/resultados_censo2018.pdf) (PDF). *censo2018.ine.gob.gt*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-neto_2-0)** ["Esto le escribió Otto Pérez Leal a Neto Bran, nuevo alcalde de Mixco"](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/). *Publinews* (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Estadio del Deportivo Mixco](http://deportivomixco.com/desplieganews.php?codigo=49) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110709013518/http://deportivomixco.com/desplieganews.php?codigo=49) 2011-07-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - Deportivo Mixco (in Spanish) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-barillas_4-0)** Barillas, Edgar (2013). ["50 películas filmadas en Guatemala y una que no (1935-1996). Apuntes para una cartografía de los lugares filmados en Guatemala"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151022163747/http://sitios.usac.edu.gt/revistahistoria/index.php?id=71). *Revista Historia de la [Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala](/source/Universidad_de_San_Carlos_de_Guatemala)* (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Climate-Data.org_5-0)** ["Climate: Mixco"](http://en.climate-data.org/location/5979/). *Climate-Data.org*. Retrieved 11 October 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Departamento de Investigación y servicios meteorológicos. ["Isotermas de temperatura mínima absoluta anual"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120517095244/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mn-abs.jpg) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 17, 2012.; ["Isotermas de temperatura máxima absoluta anual"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120524204623/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mx-abs.jpg). Archived from the original on May 24, 2012.; ["Isotermas de temperatura máxima promedio anual"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120515143756/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mx-prom.jpg). Archived from the original on May 15, 2012.; ["Isotermas de temperature mínima promedio annual"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120529150210/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/t-mn-prom.jpg). Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.; ["Sumatoria de días con lluvia promedio anual"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120515150925/http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Climatologico/d-lluvia.jpg). *Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Metereología e Hidrología* (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-segeplan_7-0)** ["Municipios del departamento de Guatemala"](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). *SEGEPLAN* (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from [the original](http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=8:guatemala&Itemid=333) on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Mixco](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mixco). - [History](https://web.archive.org/web/20140523083308/http://www.chimaltenango.org/departamentos/region-metropolitana/guatemala/mixco) - [Municipalidad de Mixco](http://www.munimixco.com) (in Spanish) - [La Casa de La Cultura de Mixco](https://web.archive.org/web/20150927023055/http://casadelaculturamixco.com/) (in Spanish) - [Mixco Tierra de Campeones](https://web.archive.org/web/20190721194959/http://villademixco.com/) (in Spanish) v t e Guatemala Department Capital: Guatemala City Municipalities Amatitlán Chinautla Chuarrancho Fraijanes Guatemala City Mixco Palencia San Miguel Petapa San José del Golfo San José Pinula San Juan Sacatepéquez San Pedro Ayampuc San Pedro Sacatepéquez San Raimundo Santa Catarina Pinula Villa Canales Villa Nueva Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mixco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixco) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixco?action=history)). 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