Sololá

Municipality in Guatemala

Sololá

Municipality

Sololá, Guatemala.

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Sololá

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 14°46′N 91°11′W﻿ / ﻿14.767°N 91.183°W﻿ / 14.767; -91.183Coordinates: 14°46′N 91°11′W﻿ / ﻿14.767°N 91.183°W﻿ / 14.767; -91.183
Country|  Guatemala
Department| Sololá
Municipality| Sololá
Founded| 1547
Government

• Type| Municipal
Area

• Municipality| 94 km2 (36 sq mi)
Elevation

| 2,114 m (6,936 ft)
Population

(Census 2002)[1]

• Municipality| 63,973
• Urban

| 30,155
• Ethnicities

| Kaqchikel K'iche' Ladino
• Religions

| Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
Climate| 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.[2] 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.[2] 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[edit]

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]

Climate data for Sololá

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Average high °C (°F)  | 20.2
(68.4)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 23.2
(73.8)  | 22.8
(73.0)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 21.4
(70.5)  | 21.9
(71.4)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 20.1
(68.2)  | 21.4
(70.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 13.8
(56.8)  | 14.3
(57.7)  | 15.5
(59.9)  | 16.9
(62.4)  | 17.5
(63.5)  | 16.6
(61.9)  | 16.7
(62.1)  | 16.6
(61.9)  | 16.4
(61.5)  | 16.0
(60.8)  | 14.9
(58.8)  | 13.9
(57.0)  | 15.8
(60.4)
Average low °C (°F)  | 7.4
(45.3)  | 7.6
(45.7)  | 8.7
(47.7)  | 10.6
(51.1)  | 12.2
(54.0)  | 12.3
(54.1)  | 12.0
(53.6)  | 11.3
(52.3)  | 11.6
(52.9)  | 11.2
(52.2)  | 9.1
(48.4)  | 7.8
(46.0)  | 10.1
(50.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 0
(0)  | 2
(0.1)  | 5
(0.2)  | 23
(0.9)  | 76
(3.0)  | 269
(10.6)  | 243
(9.6)  | 258
(10.2)  | 401
(15.8)  | 160
(6.3)  | 34
(1.3)  | 1
(0.0)  | 1,472
(58)
Source: Climate-data.org[3]

Sololá market

Overlooking Lake Atitlán

## See also[edit]

* Guatemala portal
* Geography portal
* List of places in Guatemala

### References[edit]

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

## Further reading[edit]

* Maudslay, Alfred Percival; Maudslay, Anne Cary (1899). A glimpse at Guatemala, and some notes on the ancient monuments of Central America (PDF). London, UK: John Murray. p. 47.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Sololá, Sololá at Wikimedia Commons
* Solola market video

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Sololá Department, Guatemala

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* Concepción
* Nahualá
* Panajachel
* San Andrés Semetabaj
* San Antonio Palopó
* San José Chacayá
* San Juan La Laguna
* San Lucas Tolimán
* San Marcos La Laguna
* San Pablo La Laguna
* San Pedro La Laguna
* Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
* Santa Catarina Palopó
* Santa Clara La Laguna
* Santa Cruz La Laguna
* Santa Lucía Utatlán
* Santa María Visitación
* Santiago Atitlán
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