San Pedro Carchá
At the 2018 census, the population of the municipality was 235,275 and that of the town of Carchá was 16,353.
Sports
Deportivo Carchá football club play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay. They have played in Guatemala's top division from 1998 to 2001.
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. 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."
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 | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
San Pedro Carchá is completely surrounded by Alta Verapaz department municipalities:
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Gallery
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San Pedro Carcha Church
Notes and references
References
- ^ "Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "San Pedro Carchá - Ubicación". inforpressca.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "San Pedro Carchá". inforpressca.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Guatemala: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Franja Transversal del Norte". Wikiguate. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Solano 2012, p. 15.
- ^ "Climate: San Pedro Carchá". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ SEGEPLAN. "Municipios de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala". Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
Bibliography
- Solano, Luis (2012). "Contextualización histórica de la Franja Transversal del Norte (FTN)" (PDF). Centro de Estudios y Documentación de la Frontera Occidental de Guatemala, CEDFOG (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
External links
Media related to San Pedro Carchá at Wikimedia Commons- Muni in Spanish
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