Chiantla

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leader_partyUnidad Nacional de la Esperanza
leader_titleMayor
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population_blank2_titleReligions
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History

Mercedarian doctrine

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After the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in the 1520s, the "Presentación de Guatemala" Mercedarian province was formed in 1565; originally, the order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy had gotten from bishop Francisco Marroquín several doctrines in the Sacatepéquez and Chimaltenango valleys, close to the capital Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, but they traded those with the Order of Preachers friars in exchange for the doctrines those had in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes area. During the first part of the 17th century they also had doctrine in four town close to the city of Santiago, which eventually became city neighborhoods: Espíritu Santo, Santiago, San Jerónimo and San Anton —which was the capital of the Mercedarians, where they had their convent and where their comendador lived.

According to bishop Juan de las Cabezas memoir in 1613 and the bishop Pedro Cortés y Larraz parish visit minutes from 1770, the Mercedarians came to have nine doctrines, and numerous annexes, which were: Santa Ana de Malacatán, Concepción de Huehuetenango, San Pedro de Solomá, Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Jacaltenango, Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Chiantla, San Andrés de Cuilco, Santiago de Tejutla, San Pedro de Sacatepéquez, and San Juan de Ostuncalco.

However, in 1754, due to the borbon reforms implemented by the Spanish kings, the Mercedarins -and the rest of the regular clergy for that matter-, had to transfer their doctrines to the secular clergy, thus losing their Chiantla convent and annexed doctrines.

Climate

At an altitude of approximately 2000m, Chiantla has a climate similar to that of Antigua, though with the extra 600m above sea level it is often a little chillier in the night. The rainy season is from May to October, with mornings starting out warm and humid, followed by heavy rains - and even hail - in the afternoons, which usually dissipate by evening.

Population

The inhabitants of the city are mostly ladino, it is common to hear the languages of Popti, Canjobal, Chuj, and Mam being spoken by street venders, shoppers and residents.

Economy

Mining

Lead production was noted in the area in 1850. Modern exploration of the Chiantla mining district by Firestone Ventures, a Canadian firm headquartered in Edmonton, has produced a promising prospect for a lead, zinc, silver open pit mine at its Torlon Hill Zinc-Lead-Silver Project west of Chiantla at the site of the Cinco Hermanos workings.

Climate

Chiantla has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).

|width=auto |location = Chiantla |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 14.6 |Feb mean C = 15.3 |Mar mean C = 17.3 |Apr mean C = 18.1 |May mean C = 18.2 |Jun mean C = 17.7 |Jul mean C = 17.2 |Aug mean C = 17.1 |Sep mean C = 17.2 |Oct mean C = 16.5 |Nov mean C = 15.5 |Dec mean C = 14.8 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 21.3 |Feb high C = 22.5 |Mar high C = 24.7 |Apr high C = 25.2 |May high C = 24.4 |Jun high C = 23.0 |Jul high C = 22.7 |Aug high C = 23.2 |Sep high C = 22.8 |Oct high C = 21.9 |Nov high C = 21.7 |Dec high C = 21.2 |year high C = |Jan low C = 7.9 |Feb low C = 8.1 |Mar low C = 9.9 |Apr low C = 11.0 |May low C = 12.1 |Jun low C = 12.4 |Jul low C = 11.7 |Aug low C = 11.1 |Sep low C = 11.6 |Oct low C = 11.1 |Nov low C = 9.4 |Dec low C = 8.5 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 11 |Feb precipitation mm = 11 |Mar precipitation mm = 24 |Apr precipitation mm = 47 |May precipitation mm = 112 |Jun precipitation mm = 224 |Jul precipitation mm = 140 |Aug precipitation mm = 139 |Sep precipitation mm = 203 |Oct precipitation mm = 150 |Nov precipitation mm = 38 |Dec precipitation mm = 11 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |title= Climate: Chiantla |access-date= 5 October 2015 |website= Climate-Data.org}}

Geographic location

Chiantla is almost completely surrounded by Huehuetenango Department municipalities. The city of Chiantla is located within the Northwest sector of the department of Huehuetenango. It sits in the mountainside above the city of Huehuetenango, approximately 2 hours from the Mexican border.

|Center=Chiantla |North=San Juan Ixcoy |East=Aguacatán Nebaj, Quiché Department municipality |West=San Sebastián Huehuetenango and Todos Santos Cuchumatán |South=Huehuetenango.

References

  1. (9 October 2015). "Alcaldes electos en el departamento de Huehuetenango".
  2. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. Baily, John. (1850). "Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica". Trelawney Saunders.
  4. (February 2011). "Firestone Ventures in Guatemala". Firestone Ventures.
  5. "Municipios del departamento de Huehuetenango".

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