The Río Cuilco is a river in

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

. The river's sources are located in the Sierra Madre just north of Cajolá where it is called Río Blanco. The Río Blanco joins the

Las Manzanas River The Las Manzanas River () is a river of Guatemala. It is a tributary of the Cuilco River which flows in Guatemala and Mexico. See also *List of rivers of Guatemala This is a list of rivers in Guatemala arranged by drainage basin. This list is ...

which in turn joins the San Isidro River to form the Cuilco river. The Cuilco follows its largely northward course through San Marcos, and

Huehuetenango Huehuetenango () is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Hi ...

, crossing the border with

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at , continuing its course northwards into the Presa de La Angostura, one of Mexico's largest artificial lakes. The Cuilco river basin covers an area of in Guatemala.

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Map of Guatemala including the river
Rivers of Guatemala Rivers of Mexico Geography of Mesoamerica International rivers of North America Grijalva River {{Mexico-river-stub