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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Nuevo Progreso
|imagesize     = 300px
|pushpin_map   = Guatemala
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Guatemala
|pushpin_map1   = San Marcos
|pushpin_map_caption1    = Location in San Marcos Department
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg|25px]] [[Guatemala]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Departments of Guatemala|Department]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Image:Vlagsanmarcos.gif|25px]] [[San Marcos Department|San Marcos]]
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            =Eluminio Cifuentes<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/san-marcos/san-marcos-elige-autoridades-municipales|date=8 September 2015|access-date=8 September 2015|newspaper=Prensa Libre|title=San Marcos elige autoridades municipales|location=Guatemala|language=es}}</ref>
|leader_party           = Partido Patriota
|unit_pref              = Metric
|coordinates            = {{coord|14|47|32|N|91|55|15|W|region:GT|display=inline}}
|blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank_info = [[Tropical monsoon climate|Am]]
}}
'''Nuevo Progreso''' ({{IPA|es|ˈnweβo pɾoˈɣɾeso}}) is a [[municipality]] in the [[San Marcos Department|San Marcos]] [[Departments of Guatemala|department]] of [[Guatemala]].

== History ==
The municipality was created on 17 October 1889 as "El Progreso'. After the murder of president general [[José María Reina Barrios]] on 8 February 1898, lawyer [[Manuel Estrada Cabrera]] reached power and from the very beginning of his tenure he set up a dictatorial rule, which would last 22 years.<ref name=martinez>{{cite book|last=Arévalo Martínez|first=Rafael|authorlink=Rafael Arévalo Martínez|title=¡Ecce Pericles!|publisher=Tipografía Nacional|location=Guatemala|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/190285559/Arevalo-Martinez-Ecce-Pericles#scribd|year=1945|language=es}}</ref>
<ref name=bianchi>{{cite book|last=Bianchi|first=Julio|authorlink=Julio Domingo Bianchi Smout|title=Prólogo de "¡Ecce Pericles!" de Rafael Arévalo Martínez|publisher=Tipografía Nacional|location=Guatemala|year=1941|language=es}}</ref> The president admirers began a program by which numerous locations and structures were named after the Presidente, and then El Progreso became "Estrada Cabrera" in 1898.

In 1908, following with the adulation program, the municipality was renamed, this time as "San Joaquin", a male version of Estrada Cabrera's mother name, [[Joaquina Cabrera]] -who had died on 3 July 1908- during the [[Fiestas Minervalias]] on 4 November 1908.<ref name=martinez/>  Finally, it was named "Nuevo Progreso" on 3 May 1920, by president [[Carlos Herrera y Luna]], who issued an executive order to remove all references to Estrada Cabrera and his mother after the former president ousting on 17 April 1920.<ref name=vialto>{{cite news|author=Villalobos Viato, Roberto|url=http://www.prensalibre.com/revista_d/Justo_Rufino_Barrios-Tecun_Uman-Pedro_de_Alvarado-Miguel_Garcia_Granados-Manuel_Estrada_Cabrera-Kaibil_Balam-Manuel_Lisandro_Barillas-Cirilo_FLores-Melchor_de_Mencos-Edward_Livingston-Modesto_Mendez-Puerto_Barrios-Barcenas-Santo_Tomas_de_Castilla_0_1242475866.html|title=Sitios con nombres de líderes|newspaper=D Fondo|publisher=Prensa Libre|location=Guatemala|date=22 November 2014|access-date=22 November 2014|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121105545/http://www.prensalibre.com/revista_d/Justo_Rufino_Barrios-Tecun_Uman-Pedro_de_Alvarado-Miguel_Garcia_Granados-Manuel_Estrada_Cabrera-Kaibil_Balam-Manuel_Lisandro_Barillas-Cirilo_FLores-Melchor_de_Mencos-Edward_Livingston-Modesto_Mendez-Puerto_Barrios-Barcenas-Santo_Tomas_de_Castilla_0_1242475866.html|archive-date=21 November 2014}}</ref>

Nuevo Progreso is also known as "El Valle Escondido" (English: "The hidden valley") of the San Marcos Department coast.

=== Name changes over the years===

<div align=center style='font-size:0.9em'>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Name!! Begin date!! End date
|-
| 1. || El Progreso || 17 October 1889 || 1898
|-
| 2. || Estrada Cabrera || 1898 || 4 November 1898
|-
| 3. || San Joaquín || 4 November 1908 || 3 May 1920
|-
| 4. || Nuevo Progreso || 3 May 1920 || Current name
|}
</div>

==Health system==

Nuevo Progreso is most well known for the "Hospital de la Familia" located there. Medical specialists from the United States visit to offer care to those in need. When the specialists are in town, people often visit from across the country because of the expert care they can receive.

==Climate==

Nuevo Progreso has tropical climate([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]:''Am'').

{{Weather box
|width=auto
|location = Nuevo Progreso
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan mean C = 24.2
|Feb mean C = 24.4
|Mar mean C = 25.7
|Apr mean C = 26.0
|May mean C = 26.0
|Jun mean C = 25.3
|Jul mean C = 25.4
|Aug mean C = 25.6
|Sep mean C = 25.4
|Oct mean C = 25.1
|Nov mean C = 24.8
|Dec mean C = 24.3
|year mean C = 
|Jan high C = 30.2
|Feb high C = 30.6
|Mar high C = 32.0
|Apr high C = 31.8
|May high C = 31.5
|Jun high C = 30.3
|Jul high C = 30.9
|Aug high C = 31.1
|Sep high C = 30.4
|Oct high C = 30.2
|Nov high C = 30.1
|Dec high C = 30.0
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 18.2
|Feb low C = 18.3
|Mar low C = 19.4
|Apr low C = 20.2
|May low C = 20.5
|Jun low C = 20.3
|Jul low C = 20.0
|Aug low C = 20.2
|Sep low C = 20.4
|Oct low C = 20.1
|Nov low C = 19.5
|Dec low C = 18.6
|year low C =
|Jan precipitation mm = 33
|Feb precipitation mm = 37
|Mar precipitation mm = 96
|Apr precipitation mm = 250
|May precipitation mm = 473
|Jun precipitation mm = 623
|Jul precipitation mm = 488
|Aug precipitation mm = 575
|Sep precipitation mm = 697
|Oct precipitation mm = 643
|Nov precipitation mm = 195
|Dec precipitation mm = 60
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate-Data.org">
{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/46104/
|title= Climate: Nuevo Progreso
|access-date= 11 September 2015
|website= Climate-Data.org}}</ref>
}}

== Geographic location ==

It is surrounded by [[San Marcos Department]] municipalities, except on the South, where it borders [[Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango|Coatepeque]], a [[Quetzaltenango Department|Quetzaltenango]] municipality.<ref name=segeplan/>

{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Center=Nuevo Progreso
|North=[[San Marcos, San Marcos|San Marcos]]
|Northeast= [[San Cristóbal Cucho]]
|East=[[La Reforma, San Marcos|La Reforma]] and [[El Quetzal]]<ref name=segeplan>{{cite web|author=SEGEPLAN|title=Municipios del departamento de San Marcos|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=274:san-jose-ojetenam|website=Secretaría General de Planificación|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710201808/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=274:san-jose-ojetenam|archive-date=10 July 2015|language=es}}</ref>
|South=[[Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango|Coatepeque]], [[Quetzaltenango Department|Quetzaltenango]] municipality<ref name=segeplan/>
|West=[[Pajapita]] and [[El Tumbador]]
|Northwest=[[Esquipulas Palo Gordo]]
}}

==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|Guatemala}}
* {{Portal-inline|Geography}}
* [[La Aurora International Airport]]
* [[Manuel Estrada Cabrera]]
* [[Tapachula International Airport]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.hospitaldelafamilia.com/ Hospital de la Familia]

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{{San Marcos Department}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the San Marcos Department]]