La Blanca, San Marcos Explained

Official Name:La Blanca
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: San Marcos
Leader Title:Mayor (2016-2020)
Leader Name:Aroldo Cordero[1]
Leader Party:PP
Area Total Km2:96.1
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:29112
Population Density Km2:303
Population Urban:13921
Unit Pref:Metric
Coordinates:14.5792°N -92.1414°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

La Blanca is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala on the Pacific Ocean shore. It was created on 23 January 2014, when it was split from Ocos, along with Chiquirines and Pueblo Nuevo villages and became San Marcos Department thirtieth municipality.[3] When created in 2014, La Blanca had about 25,000 inhabitants.[3]

Climate

La Blanca has tropical climate (Köppen:Cwb).

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References

14.5792°N -92.1414°W

Notes and References

  1. News: San Marcos elige autoridades municipales. 8 September 2015. 8 September 2015. Prensa Libre. Guatemala. es.
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  3. News: La Blanca se convirtió ayer en municipio 335. Guatemala. Prensa Libre. 24 January 2014. 10 September 2015. es.