Concepción Huista (Spanish pronunciation: [konseβˈsjon ˈwista]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango.
Concepción Huista | |
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Municipality | |
  Concepción Huista Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°37′29″N 91°39′54″W / 15.62472°N 91.66500°W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  Huehuetenango |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016-2020) | Alonzo Gaspar Juan[1] (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 81.5 km2 (31.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 18,915 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7,243 |
| Climate | Cwb |
Climate
Concepción Huista has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
| Climate data for Concepción Huista | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 24.0 (75.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.9 (71.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 11.0 (51.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.5 (47.3) | 9.3 (48.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) | 19 (0.7) | 31 (1.2) | 69 (2.7) | 109 (4.3) | 254 (10.0) | 159 (6.3) | 156 (6.1) | 204 (8.0) | 168 (6.6) | 63 (2.5) | 26 (1.0) | 1,283 (50.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
Concepción Huista is completely surrounded by Huehuetenango Department municipalities:[4]
