San Pedro Carchá facts for kids
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San Pedro Carchá
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Municipality
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Municipal palace, San Pedro Carchá, 1980
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| Nickname(s):
Carchá
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 San Pedro Carchá
Location in Guatemala
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| Country |  Guatemala |
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| Department |  Alta Verapaz |
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| Municipality | San Pedro Carchá | ||
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| • Type | Municipal | ||
| 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)
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| • Municipality | 235,275 | ||
| • Density | 179.6/km2 (465.2/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 16,353 | ||
| • Ethnicities | Q'eqchi' Poqomchi' Ladino | ||
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya | ||
| Climate | Cfb | ||
| Website | municipal site | ||
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.
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.
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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).
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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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Chisec | Fray Bartolomé de las Casas | |
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| Cobán |  |
Cahabón, Lanquín and Senahú | ||
 San Pedro Carchá  |
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| San Juan Chamelco |
Gallery
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San Pedro Carcha Church
