San Juan Comalapa
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Central Time) | |
Climate | Cwb |
San Juan Comalapa is a town, with a population of 32,312 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala.
San Juan Comalapa is sometimes called the "
History
Spanish colony
In the 16th century, during the period of the
San Juan Comalapa was in charge of the
Since it had a convent, there was daily Mass attended by cofradías leaders and their wives, who kept lighted candles during most of the ceremony. Also daily, there was religious teaching for 6-year-old girls and older starting at 2:00 pm and for boys of the same age starting at sunset; the class lasted for 2 hours and consisted on memorizing the church teaching and prayers and to make some exercises with the catechism and it was run by a priest or by elder natives, called "fiscales".[5] Adults attended Mass every Sunday and holiday and after mass, there were religious teachings in their own language.[5]
Lent was a time of the year when the friars prepared the natives thoroughly, using their own language to accomplish their goals; every Friday of Lent there was a procession following the Rosary steps all the way to the Calvary temple.[6]
In 1754, as part of the
20th century
The town was much devastated by the
Sister cities
San Juan Comalapa has close ties to the city Stord in Norway, as they are friendship cities.
Climate
San Juan Comalapa has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
Climate data for San Juan Comalapa | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.58 (67.24) |
20.96 (69.73) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
8.6 (47.5) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.8 (51.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
6 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
37 (1.5) |
115 (4.5) |
296 (11.7) |
222 (8.7) |
228 (9.0) |
271 (10.7) |
147 (5.8) |
46 (1.8) |
9 (0.4) |
1,389 (54.8) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[10] |
Geographic location
San Juan Comapala is surrounded by Chimaltenango Department municipalities:[11]
See also
Notes and references
References
- ^ "Alcaldes electos en el departamento de Chimaltenango". Municipalidades de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala. 7 September 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
- ^ a b García Añoveros 1989, p. 891
- ^ a b García Añoveros 1989, p. 896
- ^ García Añoveros 1989, p. 897
- ^ Cortés y Larraz 2001, p. 409-412.
- ^ Sethna, Cyrus. "The Woman Behind Guatemala's Longest Mural". quepasa.gt. Que Pasa? Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ La Ilustración Guatemalteca 1897, p. 249.
- ^ "Climate: San Juan Comalapa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Municipios del departamento de Chimaltenango". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Bibliography
- ISSN 0589-8056.
- García Añoveros, Jesús (1989). "Las misiones franciscanas de la Mosquitia nicaragüense" (PDF). Actas del III Congreso Internacional sobre los franciscanos en el nuevo mundo (Siglo XVII) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: DEIMOS; Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.
- La Ilustración Guatemalteca (1897). "Don Rafael Alvarez". La Ilustración Guatemalteca (in Spanish). 1 (17). Guatemala: Síguere, Guirola y Cía.: 249.
14°44′N 90°53′W / 14.733°N 90.883°W