Asunción Mita
Municipality and town
Asunción Mita is located in Guatemala
Asunción Mita
Asunción Mita
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°20′N 89°43′W / 14.333°N 89.717°W / 14.333; -89.717
Country Guatemala
Department Jutiapa
Area
  Total195 sq mi (506 km2)
Population
 (2018 census)[1]
  Total48,297
  Density250/sq mi (95/km2)
ClimateAw

Asunción Mita (Spanish pronunciation: [asunˈsjom ˈmita]) is a town, with a population of 20,936 (2018),[2] and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.

14°20′N 89°43′W / 14.333°N 89.717°W / 14.333; -89.717

Population

As of 1850, the population was approximately 3,300.[3]

Festivals

In Asunción Mita two titular celebrations are celebrated: first from the 12th to 15 August, in honor to the Virgin of Asunción; and second from 6 to 12 December, in honor to the Virgin of Concepción. Also, they celebrate in honor to the Flower War on 7 August.

Sports

Deportivo Mictlán football club, will play the 2010/2011 season at the highest level of Guatemalan football, the Liga Mayor. They play their home games at the Estadio La Asunción.

References

  1. Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
  3. Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 88.
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