Santa Lucía Milpas Altas

Santa Lucía Milpas Altas
Municipality
Santa Lucía Milpas Altas

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 14°35′00″N 90°41′00″W / 14.58333°N 90.68333°W / 14.58333; -90.68333
Country Guatemala
Department Sacatepéquez Department
Climate Cwb

Santa Lucía Milpas Altas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta luˈsi.a ˈmilpas ˈaltas]) is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. Population: Approximately 11,000.

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.[1] 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[2]
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.[3]

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
Average high °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)		 21.69
(71.05)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.0
(59)		 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)		 16.65
(61.97)
Average low °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9)		 9.8
(49.6)		 10.8
(51.4)		 12.2
(54)		 12.9
(55.2)		 13.3
(55.9)		 12.8
(55)		 12.6
(54.7)		 12.7
(54.9)		 12.3
(54.1)		 10.9
(51.6)		 9.9
(49.8)		 11.63
(52.92)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5
(0.2)		 5
(0.2)		 5
(0.2)		 37
(1.46)		 131
(5.16)		 281
(11.06)		 223
(8.78)		 187
(7.36)		 259
(10.2)		 146
(5.75)		 32
(1.26)		 9
(0.35)		 1,320
(51.98)
Source: Climate-Data.org[4]

Geographic location

This municipality is 9 km from Antigua Guatemala.[5]

 San Lucas Sacatepéquez and San Bartolomé Milpas Altas, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities
San Bartolomé Milpas Altas and Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities Villa Nueva, Guatemala Department municipality[5]
   Santa Lucía Milpas Altas  
Magdalena Milpas Altas and Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities[5]

See also

Notes and references

    References

    1. ↑ Juarros 1818, p. 336.
    2. ↑ Belaubre 2001, p. 39.
    3. ↑ Juarros 1818, p. 338.
    4. ↑ "Climate: Santa Lucía Milpas Altas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
    5. 1 2 3 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.

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