Palestina de Los Altos | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 14°56′0″N91°41′40″W / 14.93333°N 91.69444°W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Department | Quetzaltenango |
Area | |
• Total | 8 sq mi (22 km2) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (Central Time) |
Climate | Cwb |
Palestina de Los Altos is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Its inhabitants speak Mam and Spanish.
Palestina de los Altos was originally called Toj Suj. It is located between San Juan Ostuncalco and San Marcos.
The land is mainly used for farming, primarily corn and potatoes, and pasture.
Township
Hamlet El Carmen
Hamlet San José Buena Vista
Hamlet El Edén
Palestina de los Altos has a cold subtropical highland climate (Cwb) with dry winters and rainy summers.
Climate data for Palestina de los Altos | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.7 (63.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.0 (55.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 11.6 (53.0) |
Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) | 1.9 (35.4) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | 8.2 (46.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 4.6 (40.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.6 (42.1) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 18 (0.7) | 57 (2.2) | 192 (7.6) | 261 (10.3) | 185 (7.3) | 217 (8.5) | 291 (11.5) | 182 (7.2) | 27 (1.1) | 9 (0.4) | 1,451 (57.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org [1] |
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