Ayutla, San Marcos
| Ayutla | |
|---|---|
|
Main plaza and church in Ciudad Tecún Umán | |
  Ayutla Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°40′41″N 92°08′31″W / 14.67806°N 92.14194°W | |
| Country |
 Guatemala |
| Department |
 San Marcos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2012-2020) | Erick Zúñiga[1] (UCN) |
| Climate | Aw |
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.[2]
There exists a railway, but because of poor maintenance nowadays it is not operational, but there are plans for its restoration.
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 |
| Average high °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) |
34.48 (94.06) |
| 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) |
27.2 (81) |
28.22 (82.78) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.0 (68) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.8 (73) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73) |
22.8 (73) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.97 (71.53) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.16) |
1 (0.04) |
8 (0.31) |
53 (2.09) |
139 (5.47) |
293 (11.54) |
201 (7.91) |
205 (8.07) |
295 (11.61) |
225 (8.86) |
51 (2.01) |
6 (0.24) |
1,481 (58.31) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
 |
Malacatán and Catarina, municipalities of San Marcos Department | | ||
| Chiapas, State of México |  |
Pajapita, municipality of San Marcos Department and Coatepeque municipality of Quetzaltenango Department[4] | ||
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 | ||||
| Ocós, municipality of San Marcos Department.[4] |
See also
- Guatemala portal
Geography portal- San Marcos Department
- Rail transport in Central America
- Rail transport in Guatemala
- Rail transport in Mexico
References
- ↑ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Dr. Rodolpho Robles Bridge
- ↑ "Climate: Ayutla". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- 1 2 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
Coordinates: 14°40′N 92°09′W / 14.667°N 92.150°W
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