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Ciudad San Cristóbal (or San Cristobal City) is the largest city in the municipality of Mixco, and part of the department of Guatemala. Mixco is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. ...


One of the biggest housing developments near Guatemala City, it was first developed by DEINCO, a major real estate company, in 1973. It spans over more than 10 square kilometers, separated from the capital by a canyon, which had made it previously very difficult to develop. DEINCO built a bridge, called the San Cristobal Bridge, to enable people to easily reach the new development from the city. At first only two lanes, the bridge had to be later expanded to 4 lanes to accommodate the enormous amount of traffic going and coming from the city. Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; locally known as Guatemala or Guate) is the capital and largest city of the nation of Guatemala. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon or gorge is a deep valley often carved from the Earth by a river. ...


According to the 2002 population survey by the National Institute of Statistics, the entire Mixco municipality is home to more than 400,000 people. Of these, at least 150,000 live in Ciudad San Cristóbal.


See also

A list of places in the nation of Guatemala: // Modern cities and important towns Antigua Guatemala Chichicastenango Chimaltenango Chiquimula Cobán Escuintla Flores Guatemala City Huehuetenango Jalapa Livingston Mazatenango Panajachel Puerto Barrios Puerto San José Quetzaltenango Rabinal Retalhuleu San Cristobal City, Guatemala San Marcos Santa Cruz del Quiché Solola Zacapa...

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