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 / 14.67806; -92.14194
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)		 34.5
(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)		 27.2
(81)		 28.2
(82.8)
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)		 22
(71.5)
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Dr. Rodolpho Robles Bridge
  3. ↑ "Climate: Ayutla". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. 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.

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Coordinates: 14°40′N 92°09′W / 14.667°N 92.150°W / 14.667; -92.150

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