Sumpango, Sacatepéquez

Sumpango

Sumpango Giant Kite Festival

Coat of arms
Sumpango

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 14°38′52″N 90°44′05″W / 14.64778°N 90.73472°W / 14.64778; -90.73472
Country Guatemala
Department Sacatepéquez Department
Area
 • Total 21 sq mi (55 km2)
Elevation 6,200 ft (1,900 m)
Population (2002)
 • Total 38,770
Climate Cwb

Sumpango is a town in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez.

History

In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the ecclesiastical administration of the central valley of Guatemala between the Order of Preachers and the Franciscans, assigning Sumpango's curato to the former.[1] In 1638, the Dominicans separated their large doctrines in groups revolving around six convents:

Order of Preachers convents and doctrines in 1638
Convent Doctrines or curatos Convent Doctrines or curatos
Guatemala Amatitlán
Verapaz
Sonsonate
  • Nahuizalco
  • Tacuxcalco[2]
San Salvador
  • Apastepeque
  • Chontales
  • Cojutepeque
  • Cuscatlán
  • Milpas Bajas
  • Tonacatepeque
 Sacapulas

Ecclesiastic historian Domingo Juarros wrote that in 1754, by virtue of a royal order of the enlightened absolutism of king Carlos III all curatos and doctrines of the regular clergy were moved on to the secular clergy.[3]

Giant kite festival

Sumpango's Festival, also known as "Giant Kite Festival" is a cultural event that takes place on 1 November each year. One that day, people from the town gathers at the soccer field next to the town's cemetery to join a giant kite contest. Each kite has been made starting several months back and is graded on both creativity and length of flight. This contest has several centuries of existence and is now recognized as a Cultural Good of Guatemala.[4] It was also granted a Cultural Award by then president Óscar Berger Perdomo in the mid 2000s.

Climate

Sumpango has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwb).

Climate data for Sumpango
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 21.1
(70)		 22.2
(72)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.3
(75.7)		 23.8
(74.8)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.2
(72)		 22.7
(72.9)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.3
(70.3)		 21.4
(70.5)		 21.2
(70.2)		 22.33
(72.19)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4)		 15.9
(60.6)		 17.1
(62.8)		 18.2
(64.8)		 18.4
(65.1)		 17.8
(64)		 17.5
(63.5)		 17.7
(63.9)		 17.3
(63.1)		 16.7
(62.1)		 16.2
(61.2)		 15.4
(59.7)		 16.95
(62.52)
Average low °C (°F) 9.3
(48.7)		 9.7
(49.5)		 10.6
(51.1)		 12.2
(54)		 13.0
(55.4)		 13.5
(56.3)		 12.9
(55.2)		 12.7
(54.9)		 12.8
(55)		 12.2
(54)		 11.0
(51.8)		 9.7
(49.5)		 11.63
(52.95)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6
(0.24)		 5
(0.2)		 4
(0.16)		 38
(1.5)		 122
(4.8)		 276
(10.87)		 221
(8.7)		 205
(8.07)		 260
(10.24)		 138
(5.43)		 36
(1.42)		 7
(0.28)		 1,318
(51.91)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

Geographic location

 Guatemala Department
Chimaltenango Department Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Santiago Sacatepéquez and San Bartolomé Milpas Altas, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities[6]
   Sumpango  
Pastores and Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities[6]

See also

Notes and references

    References

    1. ↑ Juarros 1818, p. 336.
    2. ↑ Belaubre 2001, p. 39.
    3. ↑ Juarros 1818, p. 338.
    4. ↑ Plan de reconstrucción departamental de Sacatepéquez, p.45.
    5. ↑ "Climate: Sumpango". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
    6. 1 2 SEGEPLAN. "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.

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