| Official Name: | Santiago Sacatepéquez |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sacatepéquez Department |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor (2016-2020) |
| Leader Name: | Juan Carlos Barrios Rodríguez |
| Leader Party: | Convergencia Social Santiago |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 36.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 29238 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 14.6531°N -90.6525°W |
| Elevation M: | 2040 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cwb |
Santiago Sacatepéquez (pronounced as /es/) is a town, with a population of 24,100 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. It is well known for a kite festival held here annually on November 1.
Santiago Sacatepéquez is located in a valley that the Spanish conquistadores called "de Sacatepéquez" (English: Valle of Sacatepéquez) in the 1520s. That valley was bordered by the valley of Xilotepeque on the West, those of Mixco and las Vacas on the North, and by the Chiquimula province and the South and East. The town was described as a rich town with several hundred families and as having "cold climate" by Irish friar Thomas Gage in his 1648 book about his travels through America in the 1620s and 1630s.
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:
| Convent | Doctrines or curatos | Convent | Doctrines or curatos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala |
| Amatitlán | ||
| Verapaz | ||||
| Sonsonate |
| |||
| San Salvador |
| 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. Also, in 1766 the Chimaltenango and Sacatepéquez municipalities tried to join, but it did not work out and they remained split until after independence from Spain in 1821.
| Level | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preschool | 52.2 % | 51.7 % | |
| Elementary | 93.1 % | 93.5 % | |
| Junior high | 33.9 % | 28.0 % | |
| High school | 1.6 % | 1.2 % |
Santiago Sacatepéquez has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).