Santa María Cahabón
Santa María Cahabón
Cahabón | |
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Coordinates: 15°36′20″N 89°48′45″W / 15.60556°N 89.81250°W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Department | Alta Verapaz |
Municipality | Santa María Cahabón |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rúben Darío Rosales (UNE) |
Area | |
• Total | 900 km2 (300 sq mi) |
Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 31,425 [1] |
Time zone | UTC-6 |
Climate | Af |
Cahabón is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It lies at an altitude of 250m above sea level and covers an area of 900 km². The population is 31,425. The annual festival is from September 1 to 8.
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.[1] 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."[2]
Climate
Cahabón has a tropical climate (Köppen: Af).
Climate data for Cahabón | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.3 (70.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 134 (5.3) |
75 (3.0) |
64 (2.5) |
83 (3.3) |
146 (5.7) |
425 (16.7) |
411 (16.2) |
269 (10.6) |
320 (12.6) |
307 (12.1) |
189 (7.4) |
138 (5.4) |
2,561 (100.8) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[3] |
Geographic location
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Franja Transversal del Norte". Wikiguate. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Solano 2012, p. 15.
- ^ "Climate: Cahabón". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ a b SEGEPLAN. "Municipios de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala". Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República (in Spanish). 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
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