San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos

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San Pedro Sacatepéquez is a city, with a population of 49,589, and a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. The municipality covers an area of 114 km2 at an altitude of 2330 metres and has a population of 79,158.

Emperor Carlos V of Spain in 1548. Paintin from Titian.

General García León brigade on the Totonicapan fields. Army forces loyal to president Reina Barrios

San Pedro Sacatepéquez catholic church ruins in 1925. It was destroyed along the rest of the town by the 1902 Volcán Santa María eruption.

Volcán Santa María eruption in 1902 which destroyed the town.

San Marcos Department

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San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.

Sunrise in San Marcos

Finca El Platanillo coffee plantation, with the Tajmulco volcano behind

Farming communities below Volcán Tajumulco in San Marcos.

Sunset at Tilapa beach, Ocos, San Marcos