San Marcos

San Marcos is a city and municipality in . It is the capital of the department of San Marcos. The municipality has a population of 47,063.
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  • Type: City with 12,000 residents
  • Description: municipality and capital of San Marcos Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: La Union”, “San Marcos La Union”, and “San Marcos, Guatemala
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Marcos Airport.

Aerodrome
is a high elevation airport serving the city of San Marcos, the capital of in . The airport is on the southwest side of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pedro Sacatepéquez.

Town
is a city, with a population of 49,589, and a municipality in the of . The municipality covers an area of 114 km2 at an altitude of 2330 metres and has a population of 79,158.

San Marcos

Latitude
14.96438° or 14° 57′ 52″ north
Longitude
-91.79433° or 91° 47′ 40″ west
Population
12,000
Elevation
2,380 metres (7,808 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GT SAM
Open location code
766CX674+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4981120964
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3589805
Wiki­data ID
Q1023981
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“San Marcos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سان ماركوس
  • Asturian: San Marcos (Guatemala)
  • Asturian: San Marcos
  • Basque: San Marcos
  • Belarusian: Сан-Маркас (Гватэмала)
  • Belarusian: Сан-Маркас
  • Bengali: সান মার্কোস
  • Catalan: San Marcos
  • Cebuano: Municipio de San Marcos
  • Cebuano: San Marcos
  • Chinese: San Marcos
  • Chinese: 圣马科斯
  • Chinese: 聖馬科斯
  • Dutch: San Marcos
  • Esperanto: Sankta Marko
  • French: San Marcos
  • Galician: San Marcos, Guatemala
  • Galician: San Marcos
  • German: San Marcos
  • Italian: San Marcos
  • Japanese: サン・マルコス
  • Korean: 산마르코스
  • Lithuanian: San Markosas
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Marcos
  • Northern Sami: San Marcos
  • Polish: San Marcos
  • Portuguese: San Marcos
  • Russian: Сан-Маркос
  • Scots: San Marcos, San Marcos
  • Scots: San Marcos
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Marcos, Gvatemala
  • Slovenian: San Marcos, Gvatemala
  • Spanish: San Marcos
  • Swedish: Municipio de San Marcos
  • Swedish: San Marcos
  • Thai: ซานมาร์โกส
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Маркос
  • Urdu: سان مارکوس، گواتیمالا
  • San Marcos

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