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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Ayutla
|settlement_type = Municipality
|imagesize = 300px
|pushpin_map = Guatemala
|image_skyline = PlazachurchTecun.JPG
|image_caption =Main plaza and church in Ciudad Tecún Umán
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guatemala
|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]]
|subdivision_type2 = Municipal Seat
|subdivision_name2 = Ciudad Tecún Umán
|leader_title = Mayor (2024-2028)
|leader_name =[[Isel Suñiga]]<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 (Guatemala)|Prensa Libre]]|title=San Marcos elige autoridades municipales|location=Guatemala|language=es}}</ref>
|leader_party = Independent

|area_total_km2 = 125

|population_as_of = 2018 census
|population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala</ref>
|population_total = 37049
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_urban = 23574
|unit_pref = Metric
|coordinates = {{coord|14|40|41|N|92|08|31|W|region:GT|display=inline}}
|blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank_info = [[tropical savanna climate|Aw]]
}}

'''Ayutla''' ({{IPA|es|aˈʝutla}}) is a [[municipality]] in the [[San Marcos Department]] of [[Guatemala]]. It is situated along the [[Suchiate River]] natural border with [[Mexico]] in the southern part of the department. The municipality center is Ciudad Tecún Umán. There is a combined [[List of road–rail bridges|road and rail bridge known]] as ''[[Puente Rodolfo Robles]]'' linking Ayutla to [[Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas|Ciudad Hidalgo]] in [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]].<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/4346861/es/Puente-Dr-Rodolfo-Robles Dr. Rodolpho Robles Bridge]</ref>

There exists a [[Rail transport in Guatemala#Railway links with adjacent countries|railway]] which was rebuilt in 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.puertochiapas.com.mx/news/362-railway-between-guatemala-and-mexico-connectivity-across-puerto-chiapas|title = Railway between Guatemala and Mexico, connectivity across Puerto Chiapas}}</ref>

In December 2019, the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury Department]] sanctioned Ayutla's mayor, Erick Zúñiga, under the [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act]], alleging Zúñiga to be "a major drug trafficker," while also alleging that Zúñiga controls a drug trafficking organization and "supplies cocaine to Mexico's [[Sinaloa Cartel]] ."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm863|title=Treasury Sanctions Guatemalan Mayor and His Drug Trafficking Organization|website= home.treasury.gov|date=December 19, 2019|access-date= December 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Climate==

Ayutla has [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Aw'').

{{Weather box
|width=auto
|location = Ayutla
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan mean C = 27.1
|Feb mean C = 27.4
|Mar mean C = 28.7
|Apr mean C = 29.3
|May mean C = 29.2
|Jun mean C = 28.3
|Jul mean C = 28.5
|Aug mean C = 28.5
|Sep mean C = 28.3
|Oct mean C = 28.3
|Nov mean C = 27.8
|Dec mean C = 27.2
|year mean C =
|Jan high C = 34.5
|Feb high C = 34.9
|Mar high C = 35.9
|Apr high C = 35.8
|May high C = 35.2
|Jun high C = 33.7
|Jul high C = 34.2
|Aug high C = 34.3
|Sep high C = 33.8
|Oct high C = 33.8
|Nov high C = 33.8
|Dec high C = 33.9
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 19.7
|Feb low C = 20.0
|Mar low C = 21.5
|Apr low C = 22.8
|May low C = 23.3
|Jun low C = 22.9
|Jul low C = 22.8
|Aug low C = 22.7
|Sep low C = 22.8
|Oct low C = 22.8
|Nov low C = 21.8
|Dec low C = 20.5
|year low C =
|Jan precipitation mm = 4
|Feb precipitation mm = 1
|Mar precipitation mm = 8
|Apr precipitation mm = 53
|May precipitation mm = 139
|Jun precipitation mm = 293
|Jul precipitation mm = 201
|Aug precipitation mm = 205
|Sep precipitation mm = 295
|Oct precipitation mm = 225
|Nov precipitation mm = 51
|Dec precipitation mm = 6
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate-Data.org">
{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/54059/
|title= Climate: Ayutla
|access-date= 5 September 2015
|website= Climate-Data.org}}</ref>
}}

== Geographic location ==

{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Center=Ayutla
|North=[[Malacatán]] and [[Catarina, San Marcos|Catarina]], municipalities of [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos Department]]
|East=[[Pajapita]], municipality of [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos Department]] and [[Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango|Coatepeque]] municipality of [[Quetzaltenango Department]]<ref name=segeplan/>
|West=[[Chiapas]], [[State of Mexico]]
|South=[[Ocós]], municipality of San Marcos Department.<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 |date=n.d. |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%3Asan-jose-ojetenam |archive-date=10 July 2015 |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|Guatemala}}
*{{Portal-inline|Geography}}
* [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos Department]]
* [[Rail transport in Central America#Guatemala|Rail transport in Central America]]
* [[Rail transport in Guatemala#Railway links with adjacent countries|Rail transport in Guatemala]]
* [[Rail transport in Mexico#Railway links with adjacent countries|Rail transport in Mexico]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Ciudad Tecún Umán}}

{{coord|14|40|N|92|09|W|display=title|region:GT_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

{{San Marcos Department}}

[[Category:Guatemala–Mexico border crossings]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the San Marcos Department]]
[[Category:Proposed transport infrastructure in Guatemala]]
[[Category:Transport in Guatemala]]

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