Santa Lucía Milpas Altas


Santa Lucía Milpas Altas is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. The town has a population of 12,234.

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:
ConventDoctrines or curatosConventDoctrines or curatos
Guatemala
Amatitlán
  • Amatitlán
  • Petapa
  • Mixco
  • San Cristóbal
    • Guatemala
  • 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 neighborhood
    		• Verapaz
  • Cahabón
  • Cobán
  • Chamelco
  • San Cristóbal
  • Tactic
    • Guatemala
  • 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 neighborhood
    		• Sonsonate
  • Nahuizalco
  • Tacuxcalco
    • San Salvador
  • Apastepeque
  • Chontales
  • Cojutepeque
  • Cuscatlán
  • Milpas Bajas
  • Tonacatepeque
    		• Sacapulas
  • 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.

    Geographic location

    This municipality is 9 km from Antigua Guatemala.