Sololá Explained

Official Name:Sololá
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Coordinates:14.7667°N -102°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Sololá
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Sololá
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1547
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:94
Elevation M:2114
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:63973
Population As Of:Census 2002
Population Urban:30155
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Kaqchikel, K'iche', Ladino
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb
Website:inforpressca.com/solola

Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality. It is located close to Lake Atitlan.

The name is a Hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one spelling variant of which is Tz'olojya. The urban center has about 14,000 people, but the municipality also includes four village communities — Los Encuentros, El Tablón, San Jorge la Laguna, and Argueta — as well as 59 smaller rural communities.[2]

Sololá is situated at 2,114 m altitude on a mountainside overlooking Lake Atitlán, some 600 meters below. It is a highland market center and is the headquarters for the Catholic Bishopric encompassing the Sololá and Chimaltenango Departments.

Almost all residents of Sololá are Kaqchikel Maya, except in Argueta, where most are K'iche' Maya. A large percentage of both men and women continue to wear traditional Mayan clothing.

Sololá is home to many international organizations including Manna Project International, Friendship Bridge, Mayan Families and Love Futbol.

Climate

The climate is a subtropical highland (Köppen: Cwb), very similar to that of the Asian monsoons with months almost without any rain. Most of the precipitation is in the summer and early fall. Temperatures during the year have low fluctuation, with a relatively cold low average in winter (7.4 °C in January) and summers are cool with April the hottest month having a high of 23.2 °C.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) . 2002 . INE .
  2. Web site: Sololá - Historia . 2009-04-20 . Inforpressca.com .
  3. Web site: Sololá climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Sololá weather averages - Climate-Data.org. en.climate-data.org. 2019-02-18.