Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango

Coatepeque
Coatepeque
Municipality and town
	Seal
	Coatepeque Coatepeque
	Coordinates: 14°42′N 91°52′W / 14.700°N 91.867°W
Country	Guatemala
Department	Quetzaltenango
Area
• Total	426 km2 (164 sq mi)
Elevation	498 m (1,634 ft)
Population (2018 census)
• Total	105,415
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (Central Time)
Climate	Am

Coatepeque (Spanish pronunciation: [koateˈpeke]), also known as Village of gardenias, is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. According to the 2018 census, the town of Coatepeque had a population of 37,330.^[2]

Coatepeque sits near the Suchiate River and is a transportation center on the Pacific Coast Highway.^[3]

Climate

Coatepeque has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy to very heavy rainfall from April to November.

Climate data for Coatepeque
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.4 (86.7)	30.8 (87.4)	32.3 (90.1)	32.2 (90.0)	32.0 (89.6)	30.6 (87.1)	31.4 (88.5)	31.5 (88.7)	30.9 (87.6)	30.2 (86.4)	30.4 (86.7)	30.1 (86.2)	31.1 (87.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.0 (75.2)	24.3 (75.7)	25.7 (78.3)	26.2 (79.2)	26.3 (79.3)	25.5 (77.9)	25.9 (78.6)	26.0 (78.8)	25.7 (78.3)	25.0 (77.0)	24.9 (76.8)	24.1 (75.4)	25.3 (77.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	17.6 (63.7)	17.9 (64.2)	19.1 (66.4)	20.3 (68.5)	20.6 (69.1)	20.5 (68.9)	20.4 (68.7)	20.5 (68.9)	20.5 (68.9)	19.9 (67.8)	19.5 (67.1)	18.2 (64.8)	19.6 (67.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	18 (0.7)	24 (0.9)	68 (2.7)	195 (7.7)	417 (16.4)	666 (26.2)	496 (19.5)	614 (24.2)	694 (27.3)	648 (25.5)	154 (6.1)	37 (1.5)	4,031 (158.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[4]

Structures

Archaeology

Takalik Abaj is nearby.

Capabilities

Organizations

People

Events

Sports

Deportivo Coatepeque football club play in the Liga Nacional (the Major National League) of Guatemalan Football. The Serpientes Rojas play their home games in the Israel Barrios Stadium (capacity 24,000, natural grass turf).^[5]

Geographic location

The Coatepeque urban area has 22 neighborhoods, and its rural area has 15 middle sized villages and 25 small sized ones. It is located 40 kilometers south west from Quetzaltenango city.

References

^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
^ "Coatepeque | Volcano, Lake & Caldera | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
^ "Climate: Coatepeque". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
^ Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine - World Stadiums
^ ^a ^b "Departamento de Quetzaltenango". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.

External links

Media related to Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala

[2] Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala

[3] "Coatepeque | Volcano, Lake & Caldera | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

[4] "Climate: Coatepeque". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 26, 2020.

[5] Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine - World Stadiums

[segeplan-6] "Departamento de Quetzaltenango". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.

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