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. It is the second largest city in Guatemala after Guatemala City, with a population of 465,773. 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 DivisionSettlementListVillagesEl Campanero El Naranjito San José La Comunidad Sacoj Lo de Coy Buena Vista Lo de Bran El Aguacate Lo de Fuentes El ManzanilloResidential neighborhoodsEl 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 1986MayorTime in officePartyJuan Guillermo Gómez Valdéz 15 January 1986 - 15 January 1991Democracia Cristiana Víctor Manuel Herrera 15 January 1991 - 15 January 1996Partido de Avanzada Nacional Édgar Abraham Rivera 15 January 1996 - 15 January 2000 Partido de Avanzada Nacional 15 January 2000 - 15 January 2004Frente Republicano Guatemalteco Amílcar Rivera 15 January 2004 - 15 January 2008Partido de Avanzada Nacional 15 January 2008 - 15 January 2012Partido Patriota Otto Pérez 15 January 2012 - 15 January 2016Partido PatriotaNeto Bran 15 January 2016 - 15 January 2020Movimiento 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.Estadio del Deportivo Mixco - Deportivo Mixco
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).
Geographic location
See also
List of places in Guatemala Guatemala Department Guatemala City
References
External links
Municipalidad de Mixco (in Spanish) La Casa de La Cultura de Mixco (in Spanish) Mixco Tierra de Campeones (in Spanish)