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.
Santa María Cahabón Cahabón | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| 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 |
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
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.