San Miguel Chicaj
Municipality in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Miguel Chicaj (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsam miˈɣel tʃiˈkax]) is a town and municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. San Miguel Chicaj has an area of 280 Km², which makes one of the largest municipality of Baja Verapaz Department. It has a population of 33,131 (2018 census), mostly of achí background.[3]
San Miguel Chicaj | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  San Miguel Chicaj Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°05′36″N 90°23′46″W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  Baja Verapaz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edgar Adán Ixtecoc[1] (LIDER) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 280 km2 (110 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
• Municipality | 33,121 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7,609 |
| Climate | Aw |
History
According to an old local legend, the name "San Miguel Chicaj" came from the time that Saint Michael Archangel descended from Heaven and landed on the region.
On the Municipality of Salamá minutes, San Miguel Chicaj was founded on 23 October 1803 and raised to fourth category municipality in 1877, by the government of general Justo Rufino Barrios.[4]
Commercial activities
San Miguel Chijal is a farming community; its main produces are corn, beans and sugar cane, while its people also works with chickens and livestock, producing eggs, meat and several dairy products.
Climate
San Miguel Chicaj has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
| Climate data for San Miguel Chicaj | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.6 (83.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.5 (61.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) |
11 (0.4) |
13 (0.5) |
27 (1.1) |
87 (3.4) |
196 (7.7) |
138 (5.4) |
85 (3.3) |
153 (6.0) |
96 (3.8) |
35 (1.4) |
12 (0.5) |
864 (33.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
