El Tumbador
| El Tumbador | |
|---|---|
  El Tumbador Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°52′00″N 91°56′00″W / 14.86667°N 91.93333°W | |
| Country |
 Guatemala |
| Department |
 San Marcos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Augusto Echeverría[1] (LIDER) |
| Climate | Am |
El Tumbador is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The population is mostly of Mam people, who speak their own language. It was founded in 1878.
The main source of income is agriculture—farming and animal husbandry. People produce mostly coffee, but also sugarcane, beans, cassava, fruits and spices—cardamom and macadamia. Cattle, horses, sheep and goats are bred in the area as well.
Climate
El Tumbador has tropical climate (Köppen: Am).
| Climate data for El Tumbador | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.0 (86) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.95 (84.11) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.9 (75) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73) |
23.25 (73.85) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.8 (64) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.59 (63.65) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47 (1.85) |
58 (2.28) |
121 (4.76) |
260 (10.24) |
536 (21.1) |
724 (28.5) |
513 (20.2) |
543 (21.38) |
747 (29.41) |
618 (24.33) |
187 (7.36) |
76 (2.99) |
4,430 (174.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
It is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities:
 |
El Rodeo, San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta and Esquipulas Palo Gordo | El Rodeo | | |
| Catarina |  |
Nuevo Progreso[3] | ||
| ||||
 | ||||
| Pajapita and Nuevo Progreso |
See also
- Guatemala portal
-
Geography portal
References
- ↑ "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Climate: El Tumbador". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de San Marcos". Secretaría General de Planificación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
External links
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