San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta (Spanish pronunciation: [san rafaˈel pje ðe la ˈkwesta]) is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta | |
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 Municipal offices of San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta | |
  San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°56′00″N 91°55′00″W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department | San Marcos Department |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Mazariegos[1] (LIDER) |
A small town of 4,320 residents.[2] Red tiled roofs and abundant flowering trees are found there. It is located 13 km southwest of San Marcos. The English translation of the town's name is "At the foot of the steep slope." That is because the town is found along a winding, steep road from San Rafael which rises from 900 meters to 2500 meters in only 15 km.[3] The town is in the northern department of San Marcos, Guatemala, bordering Mexico. San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta is warmer than the rest of the department. As its name implies, San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta lies at the base of the Sierra Madre mountain range. There are many coffee plantations in the area.
Climate
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta has a tropical climate (Köppen: Am).
| Climate data for San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.9 (84.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.2 (73.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.5 (63.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 50 (2.0) |
56 (2.2) |
122 (4.8) |
256 (10.1) |
516 (20.3) |
674 (26.5) |
493 (19.4) |
505 (19.9) |
691 (27.2) |
571 (22.5) |
184 (7.2) |
78 (3.1) |
4,196 (165.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Bird sanctuary
The municipality oversees a bird reserve called El Refugio del Quetzal. It is part of the Tacan-Tajumulco Important Bird Area and designated by BirdLife International.[3]
Geographic location
Located 27 km west of San Marcos and is surrounded by San Marcos Department municipalities.
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See also
References
- "San Marcos elige autoridades municipales". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- "San Rafael Pie de La Cuesta in Guatemala: general information, weather, map, photo and video". AllTheCities. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- "CAYAYA BIRDING hotspot: Refugio del Quetzal San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta". www.cayaya-birding.com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- "Climate: San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta". 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
Media related to San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta at Wikimedia Commons
