Businesses in Alotenango

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Alotenango

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	35
Churches	19
Shopping	13
Education	13
Grocery stores and supermarkets	9
Cafes	7
Hotels and motels	7
Car repair	6
Book stores and newsstands	6
Clothing stores	6
Electronics stores	5
Finance other	5
Bars, pubs and taverns	5
Travel and transportation	5

Alotenango Facts

Area	75.3 km²
Population	31,809
Male Population	15,975 (50.2%)
Female Population	15,834 (49.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+556.5%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+101.3%
Median Age	18.6 years (Male: 17.8, Female: 19.5)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$12,672 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Standard Time
Lat & Lng	14.48028, -90.80750
Postal Codes	03014

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Alotenango Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	4,845	10,348	15,805	29,254	31,809	33,345	34,911
Population Density	64.4 / km²	137.5 / km²	210 / km²	388.8 / km²	422.7 / km²	443.1 / km²	463.9 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Alotenango Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 101.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Alotenango	+556.5%	+207.4%	+101.3%
Sacatepéquez Department	—	—	—
Guatemala	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Alotenango Median Age

Median Age: 18.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Alotenango	18.6 yrs	19.5 yrs	17.8 yrs
Sacatepéquez Department	18.6 yrs	19.5 yrs	17.8 yrs
Guatemala	18.6 yrs	19.5 yrs	17.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Alotenango Population Density

Population Density: 423 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Alotenango	31,809	75.3 km²	423 / km²
Sacatepéquez Department	346,082	536.6 km²	645 / km²
Guatemala	16.3 million	109,009.9 km²	149 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Alotenango Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 900 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Alotenango

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Alotenango

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Alotenango Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$2,138	$2,472	$5,164	$6,185	$6,228	$9,053	$9,181	$12,672
Total GDP	$32.6M	$43M	$100.6M	$136.6M	$161M	$283.6M	$330.1M	$467M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Alotenango CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Alotenango	37,389 tn	1.18 tn	496.9 tons/km²
Sacatepéquez Department	428,211 tn	1.24 tn	797.9 tons/km²
Guatemala	17,248,451 tn	1.06 tn	158.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Alotenango CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	37,389 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.18 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	496.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (10)
Flood	High (10)
Earthquake	High (8)
Landslide	High (10)
Volcano	High (10)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BR8Q45.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
4/16/19	4:04 AM	4.5	9.1 km	79,120 m	5km NW of Palin, Guatemala	usgs.gov
4/1/19	1:32 AM	3.3	17.4 km	10,000 m	3km W of Amatitlan, Guatemala	usgs.gov
3/31/19	12:55 PM	3.9	9.7 km	10,000 m	1km NNW of Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala	usgs.gov
3/27/19	11:44 PM	3	13.6 km	10,000 m	6km SE of Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala	usgs.gov
3/27/19	10:59 PM	3.2	6.3 km	10,760 m	6km SE of Alotenango, Guatemala	usgs.gov
3/27/19	10:46 PM	4.1	12.9 km	6,480 m	5km N of Palin, Guatemala	usgs.gov
7/1/18	5:21 PM	4.1	21.4 km	207,440 m	2km WSW of Villa Nueva, Guatemala	usgs.gov
10/30/17	6:21 PM	4.3	26.8 km	96,040 m	5km SSE of Mixco, Guatemala	usgs.gov
9/20/17	2:37 AM	4.9	14.7 km	178,930 m	4km ENE of Acatenango, Guatemala	usgs.gov
8/19/17	5:42 AM	4.4	16.8 km	199,340 m	3km NE of Jocotenango, Guatemala	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Alotenango

Alotenango (Alo-tenamitl-co; translation "in the wall of the parrots") (variation: Atchalan) is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. According to the 2002 Guatemalan census, the municipality has a total of 15,848 people. The m..

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