Mixco
Mixco 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. Ciudad San Cristóbal, one of Guatemala's largest cities, is located in this municipality. It is the second largest city in Guatemala Department, after Guatemala City, with a population of 465,773.
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.Settlement | List |
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Residential neighborhoods |
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From the residential neighborhoods it is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join Guatemala City in 1958.
Mayors
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 Beltrán | 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020 | Movimiento Reformador |
Universities
- UruralG
- UPANA
- USAC
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- UNI
Sports
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