San Pedro Carchá
San Pedro Carchá | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Church on main square, San Pedro Carchá, 2013 | |
| Nickname: Carchá | |
| Coordinates: 15°28′38″N 90°18′38″W / 15.47722°N 90.31056°W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | Alta Verapaz |
| Municipality | San Pedro Carchá |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Mayor | Víctor Hugo Cifuentes (UNE) |
| 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) | |
• Municipality | 235,275 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/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.