Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado is a town in the municipality of Moyuta, of the department of Jutiapa, Guatemala.
It is across the Paz River from the town of La Hachadura [es], El Salvador, which forms a part of the El Salvador–Guatemala border. Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado is on the CA-2 Highway, which stretches across the south of the country, and connects it to its closest major town, Chiquimulilla, 26 km away. It is 21 km away from the municipal capital of Moyuta, and 51 km from Jutiapa, the capital of its department. Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado is 97 km from the national capital, Guatemala City, and 15 km from the Pacific Ocean.
The town is named after Pedro de Alvarado.
^Instituto Nacional de Estadística Guatemala, Instituto Nacional de Estadística Guatemala (2018). "XII Censo Nacional de Población y VII Censo Nacional de Vivienda". Retrieved 2 Jun 2024.
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leaders responded to Alvarado's messengers by surrendering to PedrodeAlvarado and swearing loyalty to Spain, at which point Alvarado considered them pacified...
Empire with such tenacity that their defeat took almost two centuries. PedrodeAlvarado arrived in Guatemala from the newly conquered Mexico in early 1524...
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their capital. Iximché was conquered by the Spanish conquistador PedrodeAlvarado in 1524. At that time, the Kaqchikel were the enemies of the neighbouring...
de la Fundación de Guatemala y Papeles Relativos a D. PedrodeAlvarado [Old Book of the Foundation of Guatemala and Relative Papers to D. Pedrode Alvarado]...
since governor Beatriz de la Cueva died during the disaster, which took place shortly after her husband, Adelantado PedrodeAlvarado, died and she was appointed...
with PedroDeAlvarado and his tribal allies, wounding Alvarado with Atunal's lance. Atlácatl or Atacat: He is said to have killed off many of Diego de Alvarado's...
sister Eleanor and wife of the conquistador PedrodeAlvarado. After Francisca died, her former husband Alvarado returned to Spain and married Beatriz on...
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response to the growing anarchy, the colonists requested that PedrodeAlvarado intervene. Alvarado arrived in 1536, put an end to the political infighting...
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