Jocotán
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Jocotán is a town and municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala.[1]
Radio Chortis, a Roman Catholic radio station funded by Belgian and German Catholics, is located in the town. It broadcasts primarily in Spanish, but there are a few hours a week in the Ch'orti' language, which is still spoken in some isolated areas.
History
2001 famine
«If 80% of the population in Guatemala lives in poverty, with that percent, I do not know what is the big fuss about this famine.
President Alfonso Portillo, 2001[3]
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On 3 August 2001, Jocotán municipality declared yellow code in the area when it learned about the desperate situation that the rural communities were facing imminent famine; the root cause of the crisis were the short raining season, and the decline in the international coffee price.[3] Alfonso Portillo's government decreed State of Calamity to get international help; officially, 48 deceased were reported, but there were rumors of hundreds of casualties.[3]
Climate
Jocotán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
Climate data for Jocotán | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.7 (92.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.3 (86.5) | 29.4 (84.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 31.2 (88.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.6 (78.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.7 (65.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.0 (68.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 16 (0.6) | 91 (3.6) | 196 (7.7) | 144 (5.7) | 145 (5.7) | 180 (7.1) | 90 (3.5) | 21 (0.8) | 9 (0.4) | 906 (35.7) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[4] |
Geographic location
Jocotán is surrounded by Chiquimula Department municipalities, except at North, where it borders Zacapa:[5]
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Zacapa, Zacapa Department | Camotán | |
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Chiquimula and San Juan Ermita | ![]() ![]() | Camotán and Esquipulas[5] |
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San Juan Ermita | Olopa |
See also
Guatemala portal
Geography portal
- List of places in Guatemala
Notes and references
References
- ^ a b Fernández Lacayo 2007, p. 3
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ a b c "La hambruna y la sequía golpean a Guatemala: ya hay 48 muertos". Industriall global union (in Spanish). 14 September 2001. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
- ^ "Climate: Jocotán". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ a b SEGEPLAN. "Municipios del departamento de Chiquimula". Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
Bibliography
- Fernández Lacayo, Alvaro Gabriel (2007). Apoyo a la docencia en el Instituto Técnico en Recursos Naturales Maya Chortí e investigación relacionado con la evaluación de cinco tratamientos de blanqueado de la hoja de palma (Sabal guatemalensis Beccari) en apoyo a la Asociación de Artesanos Ajpat´nar Chortí en el municipio de Jocotán, Chiquimula, de Febrero de 2004 a Noviembre de 2004 (PDF). Tesis (in Spanish). Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
External links
Media related to Jocotán at Wikimedia Commons
- Página del Municipio de Jocotán: [1]