San Lucas Sacatepéquez (Spanish pronunciation: [san ˈlukas sakateˈpekes]) is a town, with a population of 20,723 (2018 census),[2] and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez.
San Lucas Sacatepéquez | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  San Lucas Sacatepéquez Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°37′N 90°39′W / 14.617°N 90.650°W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department | Sacatepéquez Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.5 sq mi (24.7 km2) |
| Population (2018 census)[1] | |
• Total | 23,369 |
| • Density | 2,500/sq mi (950/km2) |
| Climate | Cwb |
History
editDoctrine of Order of Preachers
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After the conquest, the Spanish crown focused on the Catholic indoctrination of the natives. Human settlements founded by royal missionaries in the New World were called "Indian doctrines" or simply "doctrines". Originally, friars had only temporary missions: teach the Catholic faith to the natives, and then transfer the settlements to secular parishes, just like the ones that existed in Spain at the time; the friars were supposed to teach Spanish and Catholicism to the natives. And when the natives were ready, they could start living in parishes and contribute with mandatory tithing, just like the people in Spain.[3]
But this plan never materialized, mainly because the Spanish crown lost control of the regular orders as soon as their friars set course to America. Shielded by their apostolic privileges granted to convert natives into Catholicism, the missionaries only responded to their order local authorities, and never to that of the Spanish government or the secular bishops. The orders local authorities, in turn, only dealt with their own order and not with the Spanish crown. Once a doctrine had been established, the protected their own economic interests, even against those of the King and thus, the doctrines became Indian towns that remains unaltered for the rest of the Spanish colony.
The doctrines were founded at the friars discretion, given that they were completely at liberty to settle communities provided the main purpose was to eventually transfer it as a secular parish which would be tithing of the bishop. In reality, what happened was that the doctrines grew uncontrollably and were never transferred to any secular parish; they formed around the place where the friars had their monastery and from there, they would go out to preach to settlements that belong to the doctrine and were called "annexes", "visits" or "visit towns". Therefore, the doctrines had three main characteristics:
- they were independent from external controls (both ecclesiastical and civilian )
- were run by a group of friars
- had a relatively larger number of annexes.[3]
The main characteristic of the doctrines was that they were run by a group of friars, because it made sure that the community system would continue without any issue when one of the members died.[4]
In 1638, the Order of Preachers split their large doctrines —which meant large economic benefits for them— in groups centered on each one of their six monasteries, and the San Lucas Sacatepéquez doctrine was moved under the Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala monastery jurisdiction:[5]
| Monastery | Doctrines |
|---|---|
| Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala |
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Climate
editSan Lucas Sacatepéquez has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb) with dry, cold winters and rainy, cool summers.
| Climate data for San Lucas Sacatepéquez (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.1 (34.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.2 (0.13) |
3.2 (0.13) |
8.8 (0.35) |
26.8 (1.06) |
136.8 (5.39) |
240.8 (9.48) |
178.8 (7.04) |
189.2 (7.45) |
215.6 (8.49) |
132.1 (5.20) |
32.9 (1.30) |
5.2 (0.20) |
1,173.4 (46.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 10.7 | 18.0 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 18.8 | 12.8 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 102.0 |
| Source: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
editSee also
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Notes and references
editReferences
edit- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
- ^ a b van Oss 1986, p. 53.
- ^ van Oss 1986, p. 54.
- ^ a b Belaubre, Christopohe (2001). "Poder y redes sociales en Centroamérica: el caso de la Orden de los Dominicos (1757-1829)" (PDF). Mesoamérica. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — San Lucas Sacatepéquez". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "Municipios de Sacatepéquez, Guatemala". Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
Bibliography
edit- van Oss, Adriaan C. (1986). Catholic Colonialism: A Parish History of Guatemala, 1524-1821. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521527125.