El Tumbador

Last updated
El Tumbador
Municipality
San Marcos department location map.svg
Red pog.svg
El Tumbador
Location in San Marcos Department, Guatemala
Guatemala location map.svg
Red pog.svg
El Tumbador
El Tumbador (Guatemala)
Coordinates: 14°52′00″N91°56′00″W / 14.86667°N 91.93333°W / 14.86667; -91.93333 Coordinates: 14°52′00″N91°56′00″W / 14.86667°N 91.93333°W / 14.86667; -91.93333
CountryFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Department Vlagsanmarcos.gif San Marcos
Government
  MayorAugusto Echeverría [1] (LIDER)
Area
  Municipality166 km2 (64 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 census) [2]
  Municipality44,395
  Density270/km2 (690/sq mi)
   Urban
8,856
Climate Am

El Tumbador is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The population is mostly of Mam people, who speak their own language. It was founded in 1878.

Contents

The main source of income is agriculture—farming and animal husbandry. People produce mostly coffee, but also sugarcane, beans, cassava, fruits and spices—cardamom and macadamia. Cattle, horses, sheep and goats are bred in the area as well.

El Tumbador gave its name to the Belgian Non-governmental organization Tumbador vzw that used to support a project in the municipality.

Climate

El Tumbador has tropical climate (Köppen: Am).

Climate data for El Tumbador
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °C (°F)28.7
(83.7)
29.0
(84.2)
29.9
(85.8)
30.0
(86.0)
29.6
(85.3)
28.4
(83.1)
29.0
(84.2)
29.2
(84.6)
28.3
(82.9)
28.3
(82.9)
28.4
(83.1)
28.6
(83.5)
29.0
(84.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)22.6
(72.7)
22.9
(73.2)
23.6
(74.5)
24.0
(75.2)
23.9
(75.0)
23.2
(73.8)
23.4
(74.1)
23.5
(74.3)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
22.9
(73.2)
22.8
(73.0)
23.3
(73.9)
Average low °C (°F)16.6
(61.9)
16.8
(62.2)
17.3
(63.1)
18.1
(64.6)
18.3
(64.9)
18.0
(64.4)
17.8
(64.0)
17.9
(64.2)
17.9
(64.2)
17.9
(64.2)
17.5
(63.5)
17.0
(62.6)
17.6
(63.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)47
(1.9)
58
(2.3)
121
(4.8)
260
(10.2)
536
(21.1)
724
(28.5)
513
(20.2)
543
(21.4)
747
(29.4)
618
(24.3)
187
(7.4)
76
(3.0)
4,430
(174.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org [3]

Geographic location

It is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities:

See also

Related Research Articles

San Marcos, Guatemala Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet is a city and municipality in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of San Marcos. The municipality has a population of 47,063.

San Miguel Chicaj Municipality in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala

San Miguel Chicaj is a town and municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. San Miguel Chicaj has an area of 280 Km², which makes one of the largest municipality of Baja Verapaz Department. It has a population of 33,131, mostly of achí background.

Comitancillo Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Comitancillo is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.The spoken language is Mam.The municipality was founded by the Spaniards between 1633 and 1648 year. There is an archaeological site called Chipel, with remains of the Mam culture.

Concepción Tutuapa Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Concepción Tutuapa is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It had a population of 49,363 according to the census of 2002 and of the 2018 census there is a total population of 68,148.

El Quetzal Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

El Quetzal is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It was recognised as municipality on 19 June 1900. The major source of income is the agriculture.

Esquipulas Palo Gordo Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Esquipulas Palo Gordo 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.

Ixchiguán Place in San Marcos, Guatemala

Ixchiguán is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The economy is based on temporary work force on the coffee plantations, respectively on a male migrating work force in Mexico.

Ocós Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Ocós is a municipality in the San Marcos Department of Guatemala. It is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast, very close to the border with Mexico at 4 m (13 ft) altitude and two big rivers: the Suchiate and the Naranjo rivers. On 23 January 2014, it lost about 2/3 of its territory when La Blanca was named the thirtieth San Marcos Department municipality.

Pajapita Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Pajapita is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.It was created on 31 May 1920, after the station of Vado Ancho on the Panamerican Railroad of Guatemala was built. Due to its privileged location on the way from Guatemala to Mexico, Pajapita enjoyed considerable development while the Guatemalan railways were owned by International Railways of Central America (IRCA}, an American company that belonged to the United Fruit Company. However, with the decline of the rail that followed the constructions of major highways in the country the importance of the town of Vado Ancho diminished, to the point that in the early 21st century it was completely abandoned.

San Cristóbal Cucho Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

San Cristóbal Cucho is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.It was found on 11 October 1825. It was annexed to San Pedro Sacatepéquez, in 1935, but it was named a municipality again on 12 July 1945.

San José Ojetenam Municipality in San Marcos Department, Guatemala

San José Ojetenam is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.

San Pablo, San Marcos Municipality in San Marcos Department, Guatemala

San Pablo is a town and municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.

San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos Municipality of Guatemala in San Marcos

San Pedro Sacatepéquez is a city, with a population of 49,589, and a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The municipality covers an area of 114 km2 at an altitude of 2330 metres and has a population of 79,158.

San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta Place in San Marcos Department, Guatemala

San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.

Sipacapa Municipality of Guatemala in San Marcos

Sipacapa is a municipality in the San Marcos department, situated in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Sipacapa's population of around 14,000 is spread among 14 village communities, scattered over mountainous terrain. Sipacapa is considered a linguistic community, as Sipakapense is a Maya language unique to the municipality.

Tacaná Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Tacaná is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of San Marcos.

Nuevo Progreso, San Marcos Place in San Marcos, Guatemala

Nuevo Progreso is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.

Ayutla, San Marcos Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

Ayutla is a municipality in the San Marcos Department of Guatemala. It is situated along the Suchiate River natural border with Mexico in the southern part of the department. The municipality center is Ciudad Tecún Umán. There is a combined road and rail bridge known as Puente Rodolfo Robles linking Ayutla to Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas, Mexico.

La Reforma, San Marcos Place in San Marcos, Guatemala

La Reforma is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The population is mostly indigenous-Mam and they speak their own language and Spanish also. The Catholic Church and the local precolonial religious practices exist together. Coffee is the main source of income.

La Blanca, San Marcos Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala

La Blanca is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala on the Pacific Ocean shore. It was created on 23 January 2014, when it was split from Ocos, along with Chiquirines and Pueblo Nuevo villages and became San Marcos Department thirtieth municipality. When created in 2014, La Blanca had about 25,000 inhabitants.

References

  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. "Climate: El Tumbador". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.