Nentón
Nentón | |
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Coordinates: 15°48′08″N 91°45′16″W / 15.80222°N 91.75444°W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Department | Huehuetenango |
Climate | Cwb |
Nentón is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. Its territory extends 762.85 km2 and has 9,113 inhabitants. It became a municipality on December 5, 1876 and was formerly known as San Benito Nentón.[1] The population here speaks Spanish and Chuj.
The Nentón town fair is from January 12 to the 15th in honor of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
Administrative division
The municipality has 13 middle size settlements (Spanish: aldeas) and 24 small size settlements (Spanish: caseríos):[2]
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Small size |
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Archeological sites
Nentón's territory includes the following sites:
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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.[3] 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."[4]
Climate
Nentón has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
Climate data for Nentón | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.1 (55.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35 (1.4) |
25 (1.0) |
36 (1.4) |
75 (3.0) |
121 (4.8) |
252 (9.9) |
167 (6.6) |
171 (6.7) |
214 (8.4) |
171 (6.7) |
76 (3.0) |
34 (1.3) |
1,377 (54.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[5] |
Geographic location
See also
Notes and references
References
- ^ Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in; Comunidad Lingüística Chuj 2007, p. 32. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFKu'in_Maltin_Tunhku_Ku'in;_Comunidad_Lingüística_Chuj2007 (help)
- ^ http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/EPS/03/03_0504.pdf
- ^ "Franja Transversal del Norte". Wikiguate. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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- ^ "Climate:Nentón". 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. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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Bibliography
- Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in; Comunidad Lingüística Chuj (2007). Stzolalil stz'ib'chaj ti' Chuj = Gramática normativa Chuj (in Chuj and Spanish). Guatemala: Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. OCLC 227209552.
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