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