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]
La Blanca has tropical climate (Köppen:Cwb).