| Official Name: | Nuevo Progreso |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
| Pushpin Map1: | San Marcos |
| Pushpin Map Caption1: | Location in San Marcos Department |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | San Marcos |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Eluminio Cifuentes[1] |
| Leader Party: | Partido Patriota |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Coordinates: | 14.7922°N -91.9208°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Am |
Nuevo Progreso (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.
The municipality was created on 17 October 1889 as "El Progreso'. After the murder of president general José María Reina Barrios on 8 February 1898, lawyer Manuel Estrada Cabrera reached power and from the very beginning of his tenure he set up a dictatorial rule, which would last 22 years.[2] [3] The president admirers began a program by which numerous locations and structures were named after the Presidente, and then El Progreso became "Estrada Cabrera" in 1898.
In 1908, following with the adulation program, the municipality was renamed, this time as "San Joaquin", a male version of Estrada Cabrera's mother name, Joaquina Cabrera -who had died on 3 July 1908- during the Fiestas Minervalias on 4 November 1908.[2] Finally, it was named "Nuevo Progreso" on 3 May 1920, by president Carlos Herrera y Luna, who issued an executive order to remove all references to Estrada Cabrera and his mother after the former president ousting on 17 April 1920.[4]
Nuevo Progreso is also known as "El Valle Escondido" (English: "The hidden valley") of the San Marcos Department coast.
| Name | Begin date | End date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | El Progreso | 17 October 1889 | 1898 | |
| 2. | Estrada Cabrera | 1898 | 4 November 1898 | |
| 3. | San Joaquín | 4 November 1908 | 3 May 1920 | |
| 4. | Nuevo Progreso | 3 May 1920 | Current name |
Nuevo Progreso is most well known for the "Hospital de la Familia" located there. Medical specialists from the United States visit to offer care to those in need. When the specialists are in town, people often visit from across the country because of the expert care they can receive.
Nuevo Progreso has tropical climate(Köppen:Am).
It is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities, except on the South, where it borders Coatepeque, a Quetzaltenango municipality.
. Rafael Arévalo Martínez. ¡Ecce Pericles!. Tipografía Nacional. Guatemala. 1945. es.
. Julio Domingo Bianchi Smout. Prólogo de "¡Ecce Pericles!" de Rafael Arévalo Martínez. Tipografía Nacional. Guatemala. 1941. es.