Mixco

Mixco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmisko]) is a city and municipality in the 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.^[1] Ciudad San Cristóbal is located within Mixco.

Mixco
From top, left to right: View of the City of Mixco • 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
Coordinates: 14°37′59″N 90°36′23″W
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	4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Climate	Cwb

Administrative division

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, 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 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
• UPANA
• USAC
• URL

Sports

Deportivo Mixco football club play in the 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Climate

Mixco has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: 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

See also

• Guatemala portal
• Geography portal
• List of places in Guatemala
• Guatemala Department
• Guatemala City