Santa Lucía Milpas Altas () is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. The town has a population of 12,234 (2018 census).Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
History
In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the ecclesiastical administration of the central valley of Guatemala between the Order of Preachers and the Franciscans, assigning Sumpango's curato to the former. In 1638, the Dominicans separated their large doctrines in groups revolving around six convents:
Order of Preachers convents and doctrines in 1638ConventDoctrines or curatosConventDoctrines or curatosGuatemala Chimaltenango Jocotenango Sumpango San Juan Sacatepéquez San Pedro Sacatepéquez Santiago Sacatepéquez Rabinal San Martín Jilotepeque Escuintla Milpas Altas Milpas Bajas San Lucas Sacatepéquez Santo Domingo neighborhoodAmatitlán Amatitlán Petapa Mixco San CristóbalVerapaz Cahabón Cobán Chamelco San Cristóbal TacticSonsonate Nahuizalco TacuxcalcoSan Salvador Apastepeque Chontales Cojutepeque Cuscatlán Milpas Bajas TonacatepequeSacapulas Sacapulas Cunén Nebaj Santa Cruz San Andrés Sajcabajá Zacualpa Chichicastenango
Ecclesiastic historian Domingo Juarros wrote that in 1754, by virtue of a royal order of the borbon reforms of king Carlos III all curatos and doctrines of the regular clergy were moved on to the secular clergy.
Climate
Santa Lucía Milpas Altas has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwb).
Geographic location
This municipality is 9 km from Antigua Guatemala.
See also
List of places in Guatemala
Notes and references
References
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