Country Guatemala Climate Aw | Department San Marcos | |
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Ocós is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast, very close to the border with Mexico at 4 m altitude and two big rivers: the Suchiate and the Naranjo rivers. On 23 January 2014 it lost about 2/3 of its territory when La Blanca was named the thirtieth San Marcos Department municipality.
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Map of Ocos, Guatemala
1897 Quetzaltenango Revolt
In September 1897, after the failure of both the interoceanic railroad and the Central American Expo and the deep economic crisis that Guatemala was facing after the plummeting of both coffee and silver international prices, Quetzaltengo people raised in arms against the decision of present José María Reina Barrios to extend his presidential term until 1902. A group of rebels, among them a former Secretary of Reina Barrios's cabinet -Próspero Morales-, began to combat on 7 September 1897 attacking San Marcos; after several battles and some gains in Ocos, Coatepeque and Colomba the rebels were definitely defeated on 4 October 1897. As a result, on 23 October 1897, San Pedro Sacatepéquez became the capital of San Marcos Department.
Secession of La Blanca
On 23 January 2014, La Blanca split from Ocos after the Congress of Guatemala approved the separation by 115 of 158 possible. This meant that Ocós lost both 66% of its territory and population.
Climate
Ocós has Tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).