Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
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| settlement_type = Municipality and town
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Department
| subdivision_name1 = Escuintla Department
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| leader_title = Mayor
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| unit_pref = Imperial
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| area_total_km2 = 530
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| elevation_m = 372
| population_footnotes = [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
| population_total = 112780
| population_as_of = 2018 census
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Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ({{IPA|es|ˈsanta luˈsi.a kotsumalˈɣwapa}}) is a town, with a population of 58,877 (2018 census),[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & towns in Guatemala and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.
The municipality includes the Cotzumalhuapa archaeological zone, including the pre-Columbian archaeological sites of El Baúl and Bilbao. It is the birthplace of president Carlos Castillo Armas.
Climate
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am).
{{Weather box|width=auto
| location = Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan mean C = 24.7
| Feb mean C = 25.2
| Mar mean C = 26.3
| Apr mean C = 26.7
| May mean C = 26.7
| Jun mean C = 26.1
| Jul mean C = 26.0
| Aug mean C = 26.0
| Sep mean C = 25.6
| Oct mean C = 25.4
| Nov mean C = 25.0
| Dec mean C = 24.9
| year mean C =
| Jan high C = 31.3
| Feb high C = 31.8
| Mar high C = 32.9
| Apr high C = 32.9
| May high C = 32.4
| Jun high C = 31.4
| Jul high C = 31.4
| Aug high C = 31.3
| Sep high C = 30.5
| Oct high C = 30.5
| Nov high C = 30.5
| Dec high C = 31.0
| year high C =
| Jan low C = 18.2
| Feb low C = 18.7
| Mar low C = 19.7
| Apr low C = 20.5
| May low C = 21.0
| Jun low C = 20.8
| Jul low C = 20.7
| Aug low C = 20.7
| Sep low C = 20.7
| Oct low C = 20.3
| Nov low C = 19.6
| Dec low C = 18.9
| year low C =
| Jan precipitation mm = 12
| Feb precipitation mm = 16
| Mar precipitation mm = 41
| Apr precipitation mm = 114
| May precipitation mm = 351
| Jun precipitation mm = 517
| Jul precipitation mm = 415
| Aug precipitation mm = 437
| Sep precipitation mm = 574
| Oct precipitation mm = 502
| Nov precipitation mm = 149
| Dec precipitation mm = 28
| year precipitation mm =
{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/53882/
|title = Climate: Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
|access-date = 24 August 2015
|website= Climate-Data.org}}
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Sports
The town has a team that plays in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top division soccer league in Guatemala.
{{Geographic location
| Center = Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
| North = Yepocapa, Chimaltenango municipality
| West = Patulul, Suchitepéquez Department municipality
| Southwest= Nueva Concepción, Escuintla municipality
| South = La Gomera, Escuintla municipality
| East = Siquinalá, La Democracia, Escuintla municipalities{{cite web|author=SEGEPLAN|title=Municipios de Escuintla, Guatemala|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=7:escuintla|location=Guatemala|website=Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714014759/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=7:escuintla|archive-date=14 July 2015}}
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See also
{{Portal|Guatemala|Geography}}
Notes and references
{{Reflist}}
{{Escuintla Department}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Municipalities of the Escuintla Department
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