Located next to the main Guatemala City municipality, over time it has become part of the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area. Most of Mixco is separated from the city by canyons, for which a multitude of bridges have been created. Ciudad San Cristóbal, one of Guatemala's largest cities, is located in this municipality. It is the third largest city in Guatemala Department, after Guatemala City and Villa Nueva, with a population of 688,124.[1]
Administrative division
The municipality is divided into zones with residential neighborhoods, villages, settlements and the municipal capital. Due to its close proximity to Guatemala City, several villages were turned into residential neighborhoods.
Mixco Administrative Division
Settlement
List
Villages
El Campanero
El Naranjito
San José La Comunidad
Sacoj
Lo de Coy
Buena Vista
Lo de Bran
El Aguacate
Lo de Fuentes
El Manzanillo
Residential neighborhoods
El Milagro
Monte Real
Primero de Julio
Monte Verde
San Francisco
El Castaño
El Caminero
Pablo VI
Carolingia
Belencito
Las Brisas
Molino de Las Flores
La Brigada
Ciudad San Cristóbal
Belén
Lomas de Portugal
Monserrat
Bosques de San Nicolás
Las Minervas
El Tesoro
El Tesoro Banvi
Ciudad Satelite
Santa Marta
TIERRA BLANCA
From the residential neighborhoods it is excluded "La Florida", which separated from Mixco to join Guatemala City in 1958.
Deportivo Mixco football club play in the Guatemalan second division. They have been playing their home games at different locations, since they plan to build the new Estadio de La Tierra de Campeones.[3]
In film
In 1969, the Mexican-Guatemalan film El ogro, with famous Mexican comedian Germán Valdéz and Guatemalan actor Herbert Meneses was filmed on location in Tikal and Mixco. The scenes shot in Mixco include Germán Valdéz as an old church keeper and a group of kids that listen to his old stories.[4]