Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango

Municipality and town in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Coatepeque

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Coordinates: 14°42′N 91°52′W﻿ / ﻿14.700°N 91.867°W﻿ / 14.700; -91.867
Country|  Guatemala
Department|  Quetzaltenango
Area

• Total| 164 sq mi (426 km2)
Elevation

| 1,634 ft (498 m)
Population

(2018 census)[1]

• Total| 105,415
• Density| 640/sq mi (250/km2)
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

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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

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Archaeology

Takalik Abaj is nearby.

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## Events

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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

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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.

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Places adjacent to Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango

|  | Nuevo Progreso and El Quetzal, San Marcos municipalities
Colomba Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango municipality |

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Pajapita, Ocós and Tecún Umán, San Marcos municipalities |

Coatepeque

| Flores Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango municipality[6]
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| Retalhuleu, Retalhuleu municipality
Génova, Quetzaltenango municipality
Ocós, San Marcos municipality[6] |

## References

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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
6. ^ a b "Departamento de Quetzaltenango". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.

## External links

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Quetzaltenango Department

Capital: Quetzaltenango

Municipalities|

* Almolonga
* Cabricán
* Cajolá
* Cantel
* Coatepeque
* Colomba
* Concepción Chiquirichapa
* El Palmar
* Flores Costa Cuca
* Génova
* Huitán
* La Esperanza
* Olintepeque
* Palestina de Los Altos
* Quetzaltenango
* Salcajá
* San Carlos Sija
* San Francisco La Unión
* San Juan Ostuncalco
* San Martín Sacatepéquez
* San Mateo
* San Miguel Sigüilá
* Sibilia
* Zunil

Authority control databases

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* VIAF
* WorldCat

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* United States
* Israel

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