San Cristóbal Cucho | |
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Municipality | |
  San Cristóbal Cucho Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates:14°54′00″N91°47′00″W / 14.90000°N 91.78333°W /14.90000; -91.78333 | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  San Marcos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Baudilio Ricardo Ramírez[1] (Partido Patriota) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 35.9 km2 (13.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
• Municipality | 16,619 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,487 |
San Cristóbal Cucho is a town andmunicipality in theSan Marcos department ofGuatemala.It was found on 11 October 1825. It was annexed toSan Pedro Sacatepéquez, in 1935, but it was named a municipality again on 12 July 1945.
The region was discovered by the Spaniards in the 16th century; soldiers under captainJuan de Dios y Cardona's command found the place. Before that, it had been populated byMam people. After the arrival of the Spaniards, it was established as an Indian reduction and eventually raised to a municipality on 11 October 1811, and named "San Cristóbal Cucho". It is located to the south ofSan Marcos Department municipal capital.
As of 2009, San Cristóbal Cucho had 19.443 inhabitants[3] and almost 4.000 home; it has 56 km2 and sits 2730 m above sea level.[4]
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Economic activity is mostly geared to agriculture, cattle, and commerce.[5]
The municipality has one town, five villages, seven settlements and four rural settlements (Spanish:cantones).[4]
| Location type | Name |
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| Town | San Cristóbal Cucho |
| Villages | Barranca Grande[a] |
| Las Majadas | |
| San Rafael Gautivil | |
| Rancho del Padre | |
| Settlements | Las Canoas |
| Gautivil | |
| Los Escobar | |
| La Perla | |
| Ixcanante | |
| Las Flores | |
| El Parnaso | |
| Rural settlements | La Esperanza |
| Río Santo | |
| Los Aguilar | |
| Barrel |
San Cristóbal Cucho has 60% relative humidity on average[7] andtemperate climate (Köppen:Cwb).
| Climate data for San Cristóbal Cucho | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.7 (65.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.6 (54.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.3 (36.1) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.6 (49.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 3.8 (38.8) | 6.4 (43.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 27 (1.1) | 68 (2.7) | 242 (9.5) | 359 (14.1) | 271 (10.7) | 298 (11.7) | 345 (13.6) | 236 (9.3) | 23 (0.9) | 14 (0.6) | 1,895 (74.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[8] | |||||||||||||
San Cristóbal Cucho is practically surround bySan Marcos Department municipalities, except on its East side, where it borders withSan Juan Ostuncalco, aQuetzaltenango municipality.
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14°54′N91°47′W / 14.900°N 91.783°W /14.900; -91.783
