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Mixco

Mixco is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.

Mixco
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The place

Mixco is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and 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. It is the second largest city in Guatemala after Guatemala City, with a population of 465,773. Ciudad San Cristóbal is located within Mixco.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mixco

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Kaminaljuyu

    Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in Guatemala City. Primarily occupied from 1500 BC to 1200 AD, it has been described as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the New World—although the extant remains are distinctly unimpressive.

    6.2 km · archaeological site · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

    The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, although it continues to hold distinction as the only public university in the entire country.

    8 km · university · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Torre del Reformador

    The Torre del Reformador is a 71.85 meter tall steel framework tower in Zone 9 of Guatemala City. The tower was built in 1935, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Justo Rufino Barrios, who was President of Guatemala and instituted a number of reforms.

    9.9 km · building in Guatemala City, Guatemala · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    National Library of Guatemala

    The National Library of Guatemala is the national library of Guatemala. It is located in Zone 1 of Guatemala City near the National Palace of Guatemala.

    9.9 km · national library · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Estadio El Trébol

    Manuel Felipe Carrera Stadium, also known as Estadio El Trébol, is a football stadium in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It serves as the training venue and home ground for Liga Nacional club Municipal, one of the most traditional clubs in the country.

    7.9 km · football stadium in Guatemala City, Guatemala · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología

    The Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología is a national museum of Guatemala, dedicated to the conservation of archaeological and ethnological artifacts and research into Guatemala's history and cultural heritage. The museum is located in Guatemala City, at Finca La Aurora.

    9.2 km · national museum ofpre-columbian art and mesoamerican archaeology and ethnology in Salón City, Guatemala · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

    The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" is a national museum of modern art in Guatemala City, named after Carlos Mérida.

    9.2 km · art museum · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    La Aurora Zoo

    The Parque Zoológico La Aurora is a zoological park in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is one of the largest urban green spaces in the city.

    9.3 km · zoo in Guatemala · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Museo Popol Vuh

    The Museo Popol Vuh is home to one of the major collections of Maya art in the world. It is located on the campus of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Zone 10, Guatemala City.

    8 km · maya archaeology-colonial art museum in Zona, Guatemala · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Estadio Revolución Ciudad de Guatemala

    Revolución Stadium is a sports venue located in Zone 12 of Guatemala City on the campus of Universidad de San Carlos. Its capacity is 5,000 people and home to USAC that plays in the Liga Segunda División.

    8.1 km · stadium in Guatemala City, Guatemala · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Mixco

Airports
La Aurora (GUA), 10 km · El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL), 213 km
  • San Salvador (San Luis Talpa) → Mixco
    208 km · quickest by road, 5h 37m · $23–31
  • San Pedro Sula → Mixco
    294 km · quickest by air, 5h 21m · $210–320
  • Palmerola → Mixco
    325 km · quickest by air, 4h 52m · $180–280
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mixco

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mixco. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    267 km
  2. 02
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    442 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    508 km
  4. 04
    Isla de OmetepeNI

    12 ways of moving, 49 sources

    642 km
  5. 05
    Capurganá and SapzurroCO

    8 ways of moving, 28 sources

    1,590 km

If you know how people move in Mixco – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Mixco

Mixco is 10 km from Guatemala City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.