Ocos
Encyclopedia
Ocos is a municipality
in the San Marcos department
of Guatemala
.It is situated on the Pacific Ocean
coast ,very close to the border with Mexico
-only 4 m altitude and two big rivers-the Suchiate
and the Naranjo
rivers.The coast is perfect for surfing activities http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Ocos.shtml.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the San Marcos department
Departments of Guatemala
||Guatemala is divided into 22 departments :#Alta Verapaz#Baja Verapaz#Chimaltenango#Chiquimula#Petén#El Progreso#El Quiché#Escuintla#Guatemala#Huehuetenango#Izabal#Jalapa#Jutiapa#Quetzaltenango#Retalhuleu#Sacatepéquez...
of Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
.It is situated on the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
coast ,very close to the border with Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
-only 4 m altitude and two big rivers-the Suchiate
Suchiate River
The Suchiate River is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of the border between Mexico and Guatemala...
and the Naranjo
Naranjo River
The Río Naranjo is a river in south-west Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre in the western department of San Marcos. From there it flows past the town Coatepeque in the department of Quetzaltenango through the coastal plains of Retalhuleu into the Pacific Ocean.The Naranjo river...
rivers.The coast is perfect for surfing activities http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Ocos.shtml.