Esquipulas Palo Gordo
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Esquipulas Palo Gordo is a municipality
in the San Marcos department
of Guatemala
.The town is founded on 24th of December 1826 year.Later in the 1920s it was merged with San Marcos
,but in 1948 it recovered its autonomy again.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the San Marcos department
Departments of Guatemala
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of Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
.The town is founded on 24th of December 1826 year.Later in the 1920s it was merged with San Marcos
San Marcos, Guatemala
San Marcos San Marcos San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet (2,398 meters) is a city and municipality in Guatemala.It is the capital of the department of San Marcos.The municipality has a population of approximately 45,000.-Sports:...
,but in 1948 it recovered its autonomy again.