Santa Lucía Milpas Altas Explained

Official Name:Santa Lucía Milpas Altas
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:Sacatepéquez Department
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:19.1
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:15570
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:14.5833°N -90.6833°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb

Santa Lucía Milpas Altas (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. The town has a population of 12,234 (2018 census).[2]

History

See also: Order of Preachers.

In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the ecclesiastical administration of the central valley of Guatemala between the Order of Preachers and the Franciscans, assigning Sumpango's curato to the former. In 1638, the Dominicans separated their large doctrines in groups revolving around six convents:

Order of Preachers convents and doctrines in 1638
ConventDoctrines or curatosConventDoctrines or curatos
Guatemala Amatitlán
Verapaz
Sonsonate
  • Nahuizalco
  • Tacuxcalco
San Salvador
  • Apastepeque
  • Chontales
  • Cojutepeque
  • Cuscatlán
  • Milpas Bajas
  • Tonacatepeque
Sacapulas

Ecclesiastic historian Domingo Juarros wrote that in 1754, by virtue of a royal order of the borbon reforms of king Carlos III all curatos and doctrines of the regular clergy were moved on to the secular clergy.

Climate

Santa Lucía Milpas Altas has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwb).

Geographic location

This municipality is 9 km from Antigua Guatemala.

See also

Notes and references

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de