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San Marcos 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 (2018 census).
After being annexed by the First Mexican Empire in 1821, the Federal Republic of Central America was founded in 1823, which included the present day San Marcos region of Guatemala. The department was created by a governmental decree on 8 May 1866, together with Huehuetenango , Izabal and Petén departments. [ 2 ]
Guatemala's municipalities in their departments. ... San Marcos: 121 49 115 405.91 22 San Miguel Ixtahuacán: 184 52 452 285.07 23 San Pablo: 124 52 217
La Blanca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in present-day La Blanca, San Marcos Department, western Guatemala. It has an occupation dating predominantly from the Middle Preclassic (900–600 BC) period of Mesoamerican chronology. This site belongs to the later period of the Mokaya culture.
San Marcos is in a high mountain basin. There is nearby mountainous terrain north and south of the airport, and distant mountainous terrain to the east and west. The Tapachula VOR-DME (Ident: TAP ) is located 34.5 nautical miles (63.9 km) west-southwest of the airport.
San Marcos La Laguna is a village on the western shore of Lago Atitlán in the Sololá Department of Guatemala. The village is northwest of three volcanos Volcán San Pedro, Volcán Tolimán, and Volcán Atitlán. The village has an outdoor amphitheater and a few hostels. [1] San Marcos connects to other lakeside communities by boat and a ...
San Marcos is one of the most important regions in Guatemala given its proximity to the highlands, Mexico and to the Pacific Ocean coast, where most of the drugs coming from South America land. Ortiz exerted influence over local politicians and police in the region, and relied on a powerful local support network to conduct his business.
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.