San José del Golfo
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Coordinates: 14 ° 46 ′ N , 90 ° 23 ′ W San José del Golfo on the map of Guatemala
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| Country | Guatemala | |
| Department | Guatemala | |
| City foundation | 1882 as a municipality | |
| Residents | 5156 (2002) | |
| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 84 km 2 | |
| Population density | 61 people / km 2 | |
| height | 930 m | |
| Waters | Río Plátanos | |
| City patron | Joseph of Nazareth (festival: March 13-23) | |
San José del Golfo is a place in Guatemala and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name in the department of Guatemala . The place is 28 kilometers northeast of Guatemala City .
The 84 km² municipality extends in the north-eastern mountainous region of the department of Guatemala to an altitude of 1,000 meters. It has a total of around 8,000 inhabitants. Much of the people live in rural settlements and villages, including La Choleña, Loma Tendida, Pontezuelas, Quebrada de Agua, Las Joyas, Santa Cruz El Caulote, Los Encuentros de Navajas, Garibaldi, El Ranchón and El Javillal.
Adjacent Municipios are Chuarrancho in the northwest, San Pedro Ayampuc in the west and Palencia in the south. In the north and east, the Río Plátanos separates San José del Golfo and the Department of Guatemala from the Municipios of Sanarate and San Antonio La Paz in the neighboring department of El Progreso .
San José del Golfo was elevated to a municipality in 1882 and belonged to El Progreso from 1908 to 1920. The name "del Golfo" comes from the old highway that led from Guatemala City via San José del Golfo to Lake Izabal , which was formerly also called Golfo Dulce . Today's CA 9 Atlantic trunk road runs about 10 kilometers south of the town of San José del Golfo.
See also
Web links
- Information on tutiempo.net (span.)
- Prensa Libre on the advances in education in San José del Golfo (Span.)
