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San Miguel Los Lotes

Coordinates: 14°24′31″N 90°49′41″W / 14.40861°N 90.82806°W / 14.40861; -90.82806
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San Miguel Los Lotes
Village
San Miguel Los Lotes is located in Guatemala
San Miguel Los Lotes
San Miguel Los Lotes
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°24′31″N 90°49′41″W / 14.40861°N 90.82806°W / 14.40861; -90.82806[1]
Country Guatemala
DepartmentEscuintla
MunicipalityEscuintla
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Time)
ClimateCwb

San Miguel Los Lotes is a former village on the border of the Escuintla Department and Sacatepéquez Department of Guatemala.

It was buried by a pyroclastic flow during the 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption on 3 June 2018.[2][3]

The former Village of San Miguel Los Lotes, buried by a pyroclastic flow from Volcán Fuego on June 3, 2018. It is now officially designated as a national cemetery by the Government of Guatemala.

References

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  1. ^ San Miguel Los Lotes, Escuintla. Guatemala. OpenStreetMap.
  2. ^ "Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts". BBC News. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. ^ Death toll climbs to 109 in Guatemala volcano eruption. Reuters. Published by Yahoo! News. 7 June 2018.