San Marcos Depairtment

San Marcos is a depairtment in Guatemala. The caipital is the ceety o San Marcos.

Municipalities

The depairtment o San Marcos is dividit intae 29 municipalities:^[1]

Municipality^[2]	Ethnicity	Population^[2]^{[nb 1]}	Festival^[3]	Altitude^[4]	Extent^[4]
Ayutla		27,435	1st Friday of Lent	24 metre (79 ft)	204 square kilometre (79 sq mi)
Catarina		24,561	25 November	233 metre (764 ft)	76 square kilometre (29 sq mi)
Comitancillo		46,371	3 May	2,280 metre (7,480 ft)	113 square kilometre (44 sq mi)
Concepción Tutuapa		49,363	8 December	2,910 metre (9,550 ft)	176 square kilometre (68 sq mi)
El Quetzal		18,979	12 November & 6 January	940 metre (3,080 ft)	88 square kilometre (34 sq mi)
El Rodeo		14,125	19 March	700 metre (2,300 ft)	81 square kilometre (31 sq mi)
El Tumbador		35,501	6 January	920 metre (3,020 ft)	84 square kilometre (32 sq mi)
Esquipulas Palo Gordo		8,613	15 January	2,474 metre (8,117 ft)	21 square kilometre (8.1 sq mi)
Ixchiguan		20,324	5th Friday of Lent, 23 January & 29 July	3,200 metre (10,500 ft)	183 square kilometre (71 sq mi)
La Reforma		14,623	1 January	1,139 metre (3,737 ft)	100 square kilometre (39 sq mi)
Malacatán		70,834	13 December	390 metre (1,280 ft)	204 square kilometre (79 sq mi)
Nuevo Progreso		26,140	12 December	660 metre (2,170 ft)	140 square kilometre (54 sq mi)
Ocos		29,257		3 metre (9.8 ft)	205 square kilometre (79 sq mi)
Pajapita		16,600	8 December	97 metre (318 ft)	84 square kilometre (32 sq mi)
Río Blanco	Mam^[5]	4,872	8 July^[5]	2,650 metre (8,690 ft)	21 square kilometre (8.1 sq mi)
San Antonio Sacatepéquez		14,658	17 January	2,338 metre (7,671 ft)	79 square kilometre (31 sq mi)
San Cristóbal Cucho		13,928	29 July	2,350 metre (7,710 ft)	36 square kilometre (14 sq mi)
San José Ojetenam		16,541	19 March	3,050 metre (10,010 ft)	37 square kilometre (14 sq mi)
San Lorenzo		9,714	10 August	1,620 metre (5,310 ft)	25 square kilometre (9.7 sq mi)
San Marcos		36,325	25 April	2,397 metre (7,864 ft)	121 square kilometre (47 sq mi)
San Miguel Ixtahuacán		29,658	29 September	2,050 metre (6,730 ft)	184 square kilometre (71 sq mi)
San Pablo		36,535	25 January	610 metre (2,000 ft)	124 square kilometre (48 sq mi)
San Pedro Sacatepéquez		58,005	29 June	2,330 metre (7,640 ft)	253 square kilometre (98 sq mi)
San Rafael Pie de La Cuesta		13,072	24 October	1,038 metre (3,406 ft)	60 square kilometre (23 sq mi)
Sibinal		13,268	29 September	2,510 metre (8,230 ft)	176 square kilometre (68 sq mi)
Sipacapa		14,043	24 August	1,970 metre (6,460 ft)	152 square kilometre (59 sq mi)
Tacaná		62,620	15 August	2,410 metre (7,910 ft)	302 square kilometre (117 sq mi)
Tajumulco		41,308	8 July	2,050 metre (6,730 ft)	300 square kilometre (120 sq mi)
Tejutla		27,672	25 July	2,520 metre (8,270 ft)	142 square kilometre (55 sq mi)

Tourism

The main tourist attractions o the San Marcos depairtment are its various Paceefic beaches.^[6] Ither attractions include thermal baths an the caves o Castalia.^[6]

Notes an references

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