Huehuetenango

Coordinates: 15°18′53″N 91°28′34″W / 15.31472°N 91.47611°W / 15.31472; -91.47611
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Huehuetenango
Xinabahul
Municipality
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateCwb

Huehuetenango ([weweteˈnaŋɡo]) is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated 269 kilometres (167 mi) from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Highway before the Mexican border at La Mesilla. Its primary export is coffee.

Overview

Huehuetenango (originally called Xinabajul in the

Nahua
allies when Zaculeu and Xinabahul were conquered.

Many people of Mam descent still live in and around Huehuetenango, and the nearby ruins of Zaculeu have become a tourist attraction. The ruins are markedly distinct from other Maya archeological sites; the original unearthed stones, comprising only a small portion of the original structures, were coated with plaster during restoration works carried out in the 1940s. There is also a small museum at Zaculeu that includes statues and small artifacts found on the site.

Huehuetenango Airport (IATA: HUG , ICAO: MGHT ) is within the city and has a paved 825 metres (2,707 ft) runway and a small terminal building. There are currently no scheduled airline flights.[4]

Climate

The city has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb), with warm summers and mild winters.[5]

Climate data for Huehuetenango (Huehuetenango Airport) (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 31.0
(87.8)
33.2
(91.8)
33.8
(92.8)
34.6
(94.3)
31.7
(89.1)
30.0
(86.0)
34.2
(93.6)
29.8
(85.6)
29.0
(84.2)
28.6
(83.5)
29.6
(85.3)
30.2
(86.4)
34.6
(94.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 24.6
(76.3)
26.1
(79.0)
27.5
(81.5)
28.1
(82.6)
26.9
(80.4)
25.3
(77.5)
25.0
(77.0)
25.5
(77.9)
25.0
(77.0)
24.4
(75.9)
23.9
(75.0)
24.1
(75.4)
25.5
(77.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.7
(62.1)
17.8
(64.0)
19.1
(66.4)
20.2
(68.4)
19.9
(67.8)
19.3
(66.7)
19.2
(66.6)
19.2
(66.6)
19.1
(66.4)
18.4
(65.1)
17.4
(63.3)
16.8
(62.2)
18.6
(65.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 8.7
(47.7)
9.0
(48.2)
10.2
(50.4)
11.7
(53.1)
13.5
(56.3)
14.1
(57.4)
13.2
(55.8)
13.3
(55.9)
14.0
(57.2)
13.4
(56.1)
11.2
(52.2)
9.4
(48.9)
11.8
(53.2)
Record low °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2)
−0.7
(30.7)
3.3
(37.9)
4.5
(40.1)
7.1
(44.8)
9.1
(48.4)
7.6
(45.7)
7.9
(46.2)
8.6
(47.5)
6.0
(42.8)
3.5
(38.3)
1.0
(33.8)
−3.2
(26.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.6
(0.18)
3.7
(0.15)
17.4
(0.69)
56.8
(2.24)
131.0
(5.16)
216.0
(8.50)
94.2
(3.71)
133.1
(5.24)
231.4
(9.11)
129.6
(5.10)
29.1
(1.15)
8.7
(0.34)
1,055.6
(41.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 0.5 0.6 1.8 6.1 12.4 18.0 10.1 11.9 18.3 12.4 3.3 1.0 96.4
Source: NOAA[6]

Sports

The city currently boasts one Guatemalan top level football side Xinabajul in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala.

Notable people

Former

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala
in 1932.

Notes

  1. ^ Resultados de elección de Alcades Huehuetenango realizadas en el año 2015
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of major cities in Guatemala
  4. ^ "Huehuetenango - Guatemala". World Airport Codes. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Huehuetenango climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Huehuetenango weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  6. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Huehuetenango". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

External links

Media related to Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango at Wikimedia Commons