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Esquipulas Palo Gordo
Esquipulas Palo Gordo
Municipality
	Esquipulas Palo Gordo Location in Guatemala
	Coordinates: 14°56′31″N 91°49′33″W / 14.94194°N 91.82583°W
Country	Guatemala
Department	San Marcos
Government
• Mayor (2012-2020)	Juan Carlos Ochoa (PP)
Area
• Municipality	45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population (2018 census)
• Municipality	12,892
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
• Urban	3,952
Climate	Cwb

Esquipulas Palo Gordo (Spanish pronunciation: [eskiˈpulas ˈpalo ˈɣoɾðo]) is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The town was founded on 24 December 1826 year. In the 1920s it was merged with San Marcos, but in 1948 it recovered its autonomy again.^[3]

Political division

Esquipulas Palo Gordo political division^[4]
Location	Name	Brief description
Town	Esquipulas Palo Gordo
Villages	Tánil	Located by Ixtágel hill.
	Fraternidad	Formerly "Hoyón Grande" and "Hoyón Chiquito".
	Carrizal	Previously known as "San Francisco" (1917).
	Villa Hermosa	Founded in 1902.
	Ojo de Agua	Its name is due to the presence of several water creeks in the area.
	Pojopón	Also known as Santa Cruz Pojopón.
Cantón	Bethania	Previously known as «Cumbre de Paltazá» settlement, since it was right by Paltazá creek.
Settlements	El Paraíso	Previously called «Ixquihuila».
	Jerusalén	One of Tánil village newest settlements.
	Villa Nueva	Created when all the community came together and decided to settle in a new location.
	San Isidro
	Primavera
	Buena Vista
	Esmeralda
	Caserío Puente de Tierra
	Tierra Blanca

Natural resources

Natural resources in the municipality are mainly cattle, forestry and agriculture. The main agricultural products are: sugar cane, corn, wheat, potato, and beans; the land is flat and fertile.

Tourism

Esquipulas Palo Gordo has several natural attractions; among them is Ixtagel hill and the Quetzal refuge in Fraternidad village, along with a large forest area that covers approximately 50% of the municipal area and has extensive fauna variety.

The municipality celebrates its annual fair in honor of the Black Christ of Esquipulas between January 12 and 17.

Politics

In 2011, a woman joined the mayoral race in Esquipulas Palo Gordo for the very first time, when Edilma Marleny Ochoa Barrios ran for Unión del Cambio Nacional —UCN—.^[5]^[6]

Climate

Esquipulas Palo Gordo has temperate climate (Köppen:Cwb).

Climate data for Esquipulas Palo Gordo
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	16.7 (62.1)	17.1 (62.8)	18.6 (65.5)	19.5 (67.1)	19.4 (66.9)	18.7 (65.7)	18.6 (65.5)	19.1 (66.4)	18.6 (65.5)	17.8 (64.0)	17.5 (63.5)	17.0 (62.6)	18.2 (64.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	9.2 (48.6)	9.5 (49.1)	11.0 (51.8)	12.5 (54.5)	13.7 (56.7)	13.8 (56.8)	13.6 (56.5)	13.5 (56.3)	13.7 (56.7)	12.8 (55.0)	11.2 (52.2)	10.2 (50.4)	12.1 (53.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.8 (35.2)	2.0 (35.6)	3.4 (38.1)	5.5 (41.9)	8.1 (46.6)	9.0 (48.2)	8.7 (47.7)	7.9 (46.2)	8.8 (47.8)	7.8 (46.0)	4.9 (40.8)	3.5 (38.3)	6.0 (42.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6 (0.2)	6 (0.2)	25 (1.0)	66 (2.6)	227 (8.9)	329 (13.0)	237 (9.3)	269 (10.6)	342 (13.5)	227 (8.9)	28 (1.1)	13 (0.5)	1,775 (69.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[7]

Geographic location

Esquipulas Palo Gordo can be reached two ways:

From Guatemala City to San Marcos: Ruta Interamericana, 252 km highway
From San Marcos: 7.5 km national route

It is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities:

References

^ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
^ Escalante Herrera, Marco Antonio (2007). "Breve información del municipio de Esquipulas Palo Gordo". Pbase.com (in Spanish). Guatemala. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2002). Censos Nacionales XI de Población y VI de Habitación (in Spanish). Guatemala: Gobierno de Guatemala.
^ "Candidata municipal en Esquipulas Palo Gordo". YouTube (in Spanish). Guatemala. 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ "Aspirantes a Alcaldía de Esquipulas Palo Gordo presentan plan de trabajo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Climate: Esquipulas Palo Gordo". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.

External links

Film documentary: Esquipulas Palo Gordo
Film documentary: Esquipulas Palo Gordo (2)
Some information (in Spanish)

14°56′N 91°49′W / 14.933°N 91.817°W / 14.933; -91.817

[1] "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

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

[3] Escalante Herrera, Marco Antonio (2007). "Breve información del municipio de Esquipulas Palo Gordo". Pbase.com (in Spanish). Guatemala. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[4] Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2002). Censos Nacionales XI de Población y VI de Habitación (in Spanish). Guatemala: Gobierno de Guatemala.

[5] "Candidata municipal en Esquipulas Palo Gordo". YouTube (in Spanish). Guatemala. 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[6] "Aspirantes a Alcaldía de Esquipulas Palo Gordo presentan plan de trabajo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[Climate-Data.org-7] "Climate: Esquipulas Palo Gordo". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[segeplan-8] SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.

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