# Mixco

Mixco (Spanish pronunciation:) is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and has become part of the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area. Most of Mixco is separated from the City by canyons, for which a multitude of bridges have been created. It is the second largest city in Guatemala after Guatemala City, with a population of 475,777. Ciudad San Cristóbal is located within Mixco.

## Administrative division

The municipality is divided into zones with residential neighborhoods, villages, settlements and the municipal capital. Due to its close proximity to Guatemala City, several villages were turned into residential neighborhoods.
Mixco Administrative Division :
| Settlement | List |
| Villages | El Campanero El Naranjito San José La Comunidad Sacoj Lo de Coy Buena Vista Lo de Bran El Aguacate Lo de Fuentes El Manzanillo |
| Residential neighborhoods | El Milagro Monte Real Primero de Julio Monte Verde San Francisco El Castaño El Caminero Pablo VI Carolingia Belencito Las Brisas Molino de Las Flores La Brigada Ciudad San Cristóbal Belén Lomas de Portugal Monserrat Bosques de San Nicolás Las Minervas El Tesoro El Tesoro Banvi Ciudad Satelite Santa Marta |
From the residential neighborhoods is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join Guatemala City in 1958.

## Mayors

Elected mayors since 1986 :
| Mayor | Time in office | Party |
| Juan Guillermo Gómez Valdéz | 15 January 1986 - 15 January 1991 | Democracia Cristiana |
| Víctor Manuel Herrera | 15 January 1991 - 15 January 1996 | Partido de Avanzada Nacional |
| Édgar Abraham Rivera | 15 January 1996 - 15 January 2000 | Partido de Avanzada Nacional |
| Édgar Abraham Rivera | 15 January 2000 - 15 January 2004 | Frente Republicano Guatemalteco |
| Amílcar Rivera | 15 January 2004 - 15 January 2008 | Partido de Avanzada Nacional |
| Amílcar Rivera | 15 January 2008 - 15 January 2012 | Partido Patriota |
| Otto Pérez | 15 January 2012 - 15 January 2016 | Partido Patriota |
| Neto Bran | 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020 | Movimiento Reformador |

## Universities

* UruralG
* UPANA
* USAC
* URL

## Sports

Deportivo Mixco football club play in the Guatemalan second division. They have been playing their home games at different locations and plan to build the new Estadio de La Tierra de Campeones.

## In film

* In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film El ogro, with famous Mexican comedian Germán Valdéz and Guatemalan actor Herbert Meneses was filmed on location in Tikal and Mixco. The scenes shot in Mixco include Germán Valdéz as an old church keeper and a group of children who listen to his old stories.

## Climate

Mixco has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
Climate data for Mixco :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 18.2 (64.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.3 (66.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.0 (64.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 10.9 (51.6) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.1 (57.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 12.7 (54.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 31 (1.2) | 124 (4.9) | 239 (9.4) | 202 (8.0) | 194 (7.6) | 226 (8.9) | 128 (5.0) | 22 (0.9) | 7 (0.3) | 1,178 (46.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología de Guatemala ||||||||||||||

## Geographic location

vtePlaces adjacent to Mixco :
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, municipality of Guatemala Department
Sacatepéquez Department, department of Guatemala
Mixco
Chinautla and Guatemala City, municipalities of Guatemala Department
Villa Nueva, municipality of Guatemala Department
Ciudad de Guatemala, capital of Guatemala and municipality of Guatemala Department :