Acomé River | |
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Country | Guatemala |
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• coordinates | 13°55′02″N91°05′18″W / 13.9171°N 91.0883°W |
The Acomé River is a river in Guatemala. It is a short coastal river in the southwest of the country, with a length of 58.5 kilometres (36.4 mi). [1] It begins in the vicinity of the town of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, in the Escuintla Department, and runs southward, crossing the coastal plain of Escuintla to empty into the Pacific Ocean. [2] The Acomé watershed has a population of about 53,510 people. [1]
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