Santa Lucía Milpas Altas () is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. The town has a population of 12,234 (2018 census).
History
In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the ecclesiastical administration of the central valley of Guatemala between the Order of Preachers and the Franciscans, assigning Sumpango's curato to the former. In 1638, the Dominicans separated their large doctrines in groups revolving around six convents:
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|+style="color:black;"|Order of Preachers convents and doctrines in 1638
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!style="background:#659ec7;" align=center|Convent
!style="background:#659ec7;" align=center|Doctrines or curatos
!style="background:#659ec7;" align=center|Convent
!style="background:#659ec7;" align=center|Doctrines or curatos
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!style="background:lemonchiffon;" rowspan=3|Guatemala
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- Chimaltenango
- Jocotenango
- Sumpango
- San Juan Sacatepéquez
- San Pedro Sacatepéquez
- Santiago Sacatepéquez
- Rabinal
- San Martín Jilotepeque
- Escuintla
- Milpas Altas
- Milpas Bajas
- San Lucas Sacatepéquez
- Santo Domingo neighborhood
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"|Amatitlán
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- Amatitlán
- Petapa
- Mixco
- San Cristóbal
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!style="background:lemonchiffon;"|Verapaz
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- Cahabón
- Cobán
- Chamelco
- San Cristóbal
- Tactic
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!style="background:lemonchiffon;"|Sonsonate
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- Nahuizalco
- Tacuxcalco
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!style="background:lemonchiffon;"|San Salvador
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- Apastepeque
- Chontales
- Cojutepeque
- Cuscatlán
- Milpas Bajas
- Tonacatepeque
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"|Sacapulas
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- Sacapulas
- Cunén
- Nebaj
- Santa Cruz
- San Andrés Sajcabajá
- Zacualpa
- Chichicastenango
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Ecclesiastic historian Domingo Juarros wrote that in 1754, by virtue of a royal order of the borbon reforms of king Carlos III all curatos and doctrines of the regular clergy were moved on to the secular clergy.
Climate
Santa Lucía Milpas Altas has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwb).
Geographic location
This municipality is 9 km from Antigua Guatemala.
|West=San Bartolomé Milpas Altas and Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities
|South=Magdalena Milpas Altas and Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department municipalities