San Pedro Carchá
Municipality in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
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San Pedro Carchá, usually referred to as Carchá, is a town and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. The municipality covers an area of 1,310 km2 (510 sq mi) and is situated at 1,282 m above sea level.[2]
San Pedro Carchá | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Church on main square, San Pedro Carchá, 2013 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Carchá | |
  San Pedro Carchá Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 15°28′38″N 90°18′38″W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  Alta Verapaz |
| Municipality | San Pedro Carchá |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Mayor | Víctor Hugo Cifuentes (UNE) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 1,310 km2 (510 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,282 m (4,206 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,100 m (6,900 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (Census 2018)[1] | |
• Municipality | 235,275 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (465/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,353 |
| • Ethnicities | Q'eqchi' Poqomchi' Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | municipal site |
At the 2018 census, the population of the municipality was 235,275 and that of the town of Carchá was 16,353.[3][4]
Sports
C.S.D. Carchá is a football club that plays their home games at the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce. They have played in Guatemala's top division from 1998 to 2001.[citation needed]
Franja Transversal del Norte
The Northern Transversal Strip was officially created during the government of General Carlos Arana Osorio in 1970, by Legislative Decree 60–70, for agricultural development.[5] The decree literally said: "It is of public interest and national emergency, the establishment of Agrarian Development Zones in the area included within the municipalities: San Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista, Nentón, Jacaltenango, San Mateo Ixtatán, and Santa Cruz Barillas in Huehuetenango; Chajul and San Miguel Uspantán in Quiché; Cobán, Chisec, San Pedro Carchá, Lanquín, Senahú, Cahabón and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal."[6]
Climate
San Pedro Carchá has a warm and temperate climate (Köppen: Cfb).
| Climate data for San Pedro Carchá | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
18.9 (66.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 128 (5.0) |
99 (3.9) |
111 (4.4) |
105 (4.1) |
183 (7.2) |
309 (12.2) |
266 (10.5) |
238 (9.4) |
306 (12.0) |
318 (12.5) |
235 (9.3) |
146 (5.7) |
2,444 (96.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[7] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
San Pedro Carchá is completely surrounded by Alta Verapaz department municipalities:
