Asunción Mita Explained

Official Name:Asunción Mita
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Name1: Jutiapa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:506
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:48297
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:14.3333°N -132°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Asunción Mita (pronounced as /es/) is a town, with a population of 20,936 (2018),[2] and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.

14.3333°N -132°W

Population

As of 1850, the population was approximately 3,300.[3]

Festivals

In Asunción Mita two titular celebrations are celebrated: first from the 12th to 15 August, in honor to the Virgin of Asunción; and second from 6 to 12 December, in honor to the Virgin of Concepción. Also, they celebrate in honor to the Flower War on 7 August.

Sports

Deportivo Mictlán football club, will play the 2010/2011 season at the highest level of Guatemalan football, the Liga Mayor. They play their home games at the Estadio La Asunción.

Climate

Asunción Mita has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) characterized by hot temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons. The wet season lasts from May to October, while the dry season lasts for the rest of the year.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de
  3. Book: Baily, John. Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. 1850. Trelawney Saunders. London. 88.