Ayutla, San Marcos

Municipality in San Marcos, Guatemala
14°40′41″N 92°08′31″W / 14.67806°N 92.14194°W / 14.67806; -92.14194Country GuatemalaDepartment San MarcosMunicipal SeatCiudad Tecún UmánGovernment
 • Mayor (2024-2028)Isel Suñiga[1] (Ind.)Area
 • Municipality125 km2 (48 sq mi)Population
 (2018 census)[2]
 • Municipality37,049 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi) • Urban
23,574ClimateAw

Ayutla (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈʝutla]) 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.[3]

There exists a railway which was rebuilt in 2019[4]

In December 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Ayutla's mayor, Erick Zúñiga, under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, alleging Zúñiga to be "a major drug trafficker," while also alleging that Zúñiga controls a drug trafficking organization and "supplies cocaine to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel ."[5]

Climate

Ayutla has tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).

Climate data for Ayutla
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 34.5
(94.1) 		34.9
(94.8) 		35.9
(96.6) 		35.8
(96.4) 		35.2
(95.4) 		33.7
(92.7) 		34.2
(93.6) 		34.3
(93.7) 		33.8
(92.8) 		33.8
(92.8) 		33.8
(92.8) 		33.9
(93.0) 		34.5
(94.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8) 		27.4
(81.3) 		28.7
(83.7) 		29.3
(84.7) 		29.2
(84.6) 		28.3
(82.9) 		28.5
(83.3) 		28.5
(83.3) 		28.3
(82.9) 		28.3
(82.9) 		27.8
(82.0) 		27.2
(81.0) 		28.2
(82.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.7
(67.5) 		20.0
(68.0) 		21.5
(70.7) 		22.8
(73.0) 		23.3
(73.9) 		22.9
(73.2) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.7
(72.9) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		21.8
(71.2) 		20.5
(68.9) 		22.0
(71.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.2) 		1
(0.0) 		8
(0.3) 		53
(2.1) 		139
(5.5) 		293
(11.5) 		201
(7.9) 		205
(8.1) 		295
(11.6) 		225
(8.9) 		51
(2.0) 		6
(0.2) 		1,481
(58.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Geographic location

Places adjacent to Ayutla, San Marcos
Malacatán and Catarina, municipalities of San Marcos Department
Chiapas, State of México
Ayutla
 Pajapita, municipality of San Marcos Department and Coatepeque municipality of Quetzaltenango Department[7]
Ocós, municipality of San Marcos Department.[7]

See also

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. ^ Dr. Rodolpho Robles Bridge
  4. ^ "Railway between Guatemala and Mexico, connectivity across Puerto Chiapas".
  5. ^ "Treasury Sanctions Guatemalan Mayor and His Drug Trafficking Organization". home.treasury.gov. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "Climate: Ayutla". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b SEGEPLAN (n.d.). "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.

External links

Media related to Ciudad Tecún Umán at Wikimedia Commons

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