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.[3]
Ayutla | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 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 | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  San Marcos |
| Municipal Seat | Ciudad Tecún Umán |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024-2028) | Isel Suñiga[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
• Municipality | 37,049 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 23,574 |
| Climate | Aw |
There exists a railway which was rebuilt in 2019[4]
In December 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Ayutla's mayor, Erick Zúñiga, under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, alleging Zúñiga to be "a major drug trafficker," while also alleging that Zúñiga controls a drug trafficking organization and "supplies cocaine to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel ."[5]
Climate
editAyutla has tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
| Climate data for Ayutla | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °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 (93.0) |
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 (82.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.0 (71.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
8 (0.3) |
53 (2.1) |
139 (5.5) |
293 (11.5) |
201 (7.9) |
205 (8.1) |
295 (11.6) |
225 (8.9) |
51 (2.0) |
6 (0.2) |
1,481 (58.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
editSee also
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References
edit- ^ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Dr. Rodolpho Robles Bridge
- ^ "Railway between Guatemala and Mexico, connectivity across Puerto Chiapas".
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Guatemalan Mayor and His Drug Trafficking Organization". home.treasury.gov. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ "Climate: Ayutla". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ a b 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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External links
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Media related to Ciudad Tecún Umán at Wikimedia Commons