Santa Lucía Milpas Altas

Municipality and town in Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala
14°35′00″N 90°41′00″W / 14.58333°N 90.68333°W / 14.58333; -90.68333Country GuatemalaDepartmentSacatepéquez DepartmentArea
 • Total7.4 sq mi (19.1 km2)Population
 (2018 census)[1]
 • Total15,570 • Density2,100/sq mi (820/km2)ClimateCwb

Santa Lucía Milpas Altas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta luˈsi.a ˈmilpas ˈaltas]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. The town has a population of 12,234 (2018 census).[2]

History

In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the ecclesiastical administration of the central valley of Guatemala between the Order of Preachers and the Franciscans, assigning Sumpango's curato to the former.[3] In 1638, the Dominicans separated their large doctrines in groups revolving around six convents:

Order of Preachers convents and doctrines in 1638
Convent Doctrines or curatos Convent Doctrines or curatos
Guatemala Amatitlán
Verapaz
Sonsonate
  • Nahuizalco
  • Tacuxcalco[4]
San Salvador
  • Apastepeque
  • Chontales
  • Cojutepeque
  • Cuscatlán
  • Milpas Bajas
  • Tonacatepeque
 Sacapulas

Ecclesiastic historian Domingo Juarros wrote that in 1754, by virtue of a royal order of the borbon reforms of king Carlos III all curatos and doctrines of the regular clergy were moved on to the secular clergy.[5]

Climate

Santa Lucía Milpas Altas has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwb).

Climate data for Santa Lucía Milpas Altas
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.6
(69.1) 		21.7
(71.1) 		23.1
(73.6) 		24.0
(75.2) 		22.9
(73.2) 		21.3
(70.3) 		21.4
(70.5) 		22.0
(71.6) 		21.3
(70.3) 		20.7
(69.3) 		20.6
(69.1) 		20.7
(69.3) 		21.7
(71.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.0
(59.0) 		15.7
(60.3) 		16.9
(62.4) 		18.1
(64.6) 		17.9
(64.2) 		17.3
(63.1) 		17.1
(62.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		17.0
(62.6) 		16.5
(61.7) 		15.7
(60.3) 		15.3
(59.5) 		16.7
(62.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9) 		9.8
(49.6) 		10.8
(51.4) 		12.2
(54.0) 		12.9
(55.2) 		13.3
(55.9) 		12.8
(55.0) 		12.6
(54.7) 		12.7
(54.9) 		12.3
(54.1) 		10.9
(51.6) 		9.9
(49.8) 		11.6
(52.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5
(0.2) 		5
(0.2) 		5
(0.2) 		37
(1.5) 		131
(5.2) 		281
(11.1) 		223
(8.8) 		187
(7.4) 		259
(10.2) 		146
(5.7) 		32
(1.3) 		9
(0.4) 		1,320
(52.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Geographic location

This municipality is 9 km from Antigua Guatemala.[7]

Places adjacent to Santa Lucía Milpas Altas

See also

Notes and references

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
  3. ^ Juarros 1818, p. 336.
  4. ^ Belaubre 2001, p. 39.
  5. ^ Juarros 1818, p. 338.
  6. ^ "Climate: Santa Lucía Milpas Altas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b c SEGEPLAN. "Municipios de Sacatepéquez, Guatemala". Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

Bibliography

  • Belaubre, Christopohe (2001). "Poder y redes sociales en Centroamérica: el caso de la Orden de los Dominicos (1757-1829)" (PDF). Mesoamérica (in Spanish). 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015.
  • Escalante Herrera, Marco Antonio (2007). "Breve información de Santa Lucía Milpas Alta". pbase.com (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  • Juarros, Domingo (1818). Compendio de la historia de la Ciudad de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: Ignacio Beteta.