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1800:San Lorenzo
1735:El Tumbador
1254:San Lorenzo
505:Jorge Ubico
402:and to the
352:Jorge Ubico
291:Totonicapan
130: /
1805:San Marcos
1780:Río Blanco
1755:La Reforma
1725:El Quetzal
1690:San Marcos
1604:SEGEPLAN.
1487:2011-01-14
1380:References
1239:San Marcos
566:wet season
562:dry season
320:Coatepeque
312:San Marcos
275:See also:
250:San Marcos
242:San Marcos
196:Population
169:San Marcos
159:Department
118:91°47′45″W
115:14°57′55″N
93:San Marcos
23:San Marcos
1845:Tajumulco
1815:San Pablo
1760:Malacatán
1750:La Blanca
1745:Ixchiguan
1687:Capital:
1228:San Pablo
1202:Ixchiguán
1197:Tajumulco
246:Guatemala
188:Elevation
152:Guatemala
42:Panoramic
1876:Category
1835:Sipacapa
1775:Pajapita
1730:El Rodeo
1710:Catarina
1448:(1945).
1306:See also
1088:Average
1039:(54.20)
1019:(11.31)
1004:(11.39)
433:football
383:through
1850:Tejutla
1830:Sibinal
1516:17 July
1206:Tejutla
1037:1,376.6
1034:(0.85)
1029:(1.20)
1024:(4.35)
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899:(42.7)
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829:(55.7)
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453:Gallery
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381:cocaine
324:Colomba
256:History
229:Climate
143:Country
1840:Tacaná
1705:Ayutla
1083:113.5
580:Month
427:Sports
400:Mexico
223:47,063
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1352:Notes
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1128:82.0
1125:85.7
1122:89.0
1119:90.6
1116:87.3
1113:86.6
1110:88.7
1107:90.0
1104:87.0
1101:83.4
1098:81.0
1095:80.1
1074:12.1
1071:20.8
1068:16.1
1065:13.6
1062:20.3
1059:12.8
1022:110.4
1017:287.2
1012:208.4
1007:157.9
1002:289.2
997:180.4
619:Year
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479:1940s
467:1940s
219:Urban
1770:Ocos
1588:2023
1551:2015
1518:2015
1285:and
1256:and
1204:and
1092:(%)
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1077:3.8
1056:7.3
1053:2.1
1050:0.8
1047:0.8
1032:21.7
1027:30.4
992:66.9
987:15.5
967:−6.5
962:−4.0
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912:−4.0
907:−6.5
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817:12.6
812:13.3
807:13.9
802:14.3
797:14.3
792:14.2
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782:13.7
777:12.1
772:11.4
767:11.4
757:20.4
752:20.3
747:20.1
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737:19.8
732:20.6
727:20.6
722:20.0
717:20.7
712:21.2
707:20.9
702:20.2
697:20.2
687:26.7
682:24.0
677:24.0
672:23.5
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662:23.5
657:25.2
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637:25.5
632:26.5
627:25.0
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887:5.1
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