Sololá facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sololá
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Municipality
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Sololá, Guatemala.
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 Sololá
Location in Guatemala
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| Country |  Guatemala |
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| Department |  Sololá |
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| Municipality | Sololá | ||
| Founded | 1547 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Municipal | ||
| Area | |||
| • Municipality | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 2,114 m (6,936 ft) | ||
| Population
(Census 2002)
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| • Municipality | 63,973 | ||
| • Urban | 30,155 | ||
| • Ethnicities | Kaqchikel K'iche' Ladino | ||
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya | ||
| Climate | Cwb | ||
| Website | inforpressca.com/solola | ||
Sololá is an important city in Guatemala. It is the main city of the department of Sololá. It is also the center of the Sololá municipality. You can find Sololá very close to the beautiful Lake Atitlán.
The city's name, Sololá, comes from an older name, Tz'olojya. This was its name before the Spanish arrived. About 14,000 people live in the city center. However, the wider municipality also includes four villages: Los Encuentros, El Tablón, San Jorge la Laguna, and Argueta. There are also 59 smaller communities in the area.
Sololá sits high up on a mountainside, about 2,114 meters above sea level. It looks down over Lake Atitlán, which is about 600 meters below. It is a busy market town in the highlands. It is also the main office for the Catholic Bishopric that covers the Sololá and Chimaltenango areas.
Most people living in Sololá are Kaqchikel Maya. The only exception is in Argueta, where most people are K'iche' Maya. Many men and women in Sololá still wear their traditional Mayan clothing every day.
Sololá is home to several international groups. These organizations help the local community in different ways. Some of these groups include Manna Project International, Friendship Bridge, Mayan Families, and Love Futbol.
Climate and Weather
The climate in Sololá is known as a subtropical highland climate. This means it's similar to the weather in parts of Asia with monsoons. There are months with almost no rain at all. Most of the rain falls during the summer and early autumn.
Temperatures in Sololá do not change much throughout the year. Winters are cool, with an average low of 7.4 °C in January. Summers are also cool. April is usually the warmest month, with a high temperature of about 23.2 °C.
| Climate data for Sololá | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.1 (50.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
23 (0.9) |
76 (3.0) |
269 (10.6) |
243 (9.6) |
258 (10.2) |
401 (15.8) |
160 (6.3) |
34 (1.3) |
1 (0.0) |
1,472 (58) |
| Source: Climate-data.org | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Sololá (ciudad) para niños
