Santa María Cahabón

Place in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Santa María Cahabón
Cahabón
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Coat of arms of Santa María Cahabón
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Coordinates: 15°36′20″N 89°48′45″W / 15.60556°N 89.81250°W / 15.60556; -89.81250
Country Guatemala
Department Alta Verapaz
MunicipalitySanta María Cahabón
Government
 • MayorRúben Darío Rosales (UNE)
Area
 • Total900 km2 (300 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total31,425 [1]
Time zoneUTC-6
ClimateAf

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

Cahabón is located in Guatemala
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Location of Cahabón in 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
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

Places adjacent to Santa María Cahabón
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz municipality
San Pedro Carchá and Lanquín, Alta Verapaz municipalities
Cahabón
 El Estor, Izabal municipality[4]
Senahú, Alta Verapaz municipality[4]

See also

  • flagGuatemala portal
  • iconGeography portal

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Franja Transversal del Norte". Wikiguate. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ^ Solano 2012, p. 15.
  3. ^ "Climate: Cahabón". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  • Muni in Spanish