Raxruhá

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leader_nameRigoberto Corleto
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population_blank1Q'eqchi', Ladino
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population_blank2Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
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blank_name_sec1Climate
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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name_sec1 = Climate |blank_info_sec1 = Af |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Raxruhá is a town and municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. The municipality, which was formerly a part of Chisec, was founded in 2008. At the 2018 census, the municipality population was 36,832.

History

Franja Transversal del Norte

Main article: Franja Transversal del Norte

|AlternativeMap=Franja transversal guate relief.jpg | width = 200 | float = left | caption = Location of Raxruhá in Franja Transversal del Norte | label = Raxruhá | label_size = 80 | position = bottom | background = white | mark = Orange_pog.svg | marksize = 5 | lat_deg = | lon_deg =

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. 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 -whom Raxruhá belonged at the time-, San Pedro Carchá, Lanquín, Senahú, Cahabón and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal."

Municipality formation

The municipality of Raxruhá was formed in 2008, from territory that once belonged to Chisec municipality.

Tourism

Raxruhá's main tourist attraction are the Candelaria Caves, which consist of a large system of natural cave formations at the transition between low land and mountainside between Chisec and Raxruhá municipalities. The caves are famous not only for their natural beauty but for the significance they had for the Mayan culture.

Candelaria caves cuevasCandelaria2.JPG|Underground Candelaria river. cuevasCandelaria4.JPG CuevasCandelaria6.jpg

Climate

Raxruhá has tropical climate (Köppen: Af).

|location = Raxruhá |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 22.5 |Feb mean C = 23.5 |Mar mean C = 25.1 |Apr mean C = 26.5 |May mean C = 27.1 |Jun mean C = 27.4 |Jul mean C = 26.2 |Aug mean C = 26.4 |Sep mean C = 26.3 |Oct mean C = 25.7 |Nov mean C = 24.0 |Dec mean C = 22.5 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 26.3 |Feb high C = 28.4 |Mar high C = 29.8 |Apr high C = 31.6 |May high C = 31.6 |Jun high C = 31.8 |Jul high C = 30.0 |Aug high C = 30.4 |Sep high C = 30.4 |Oct high C = 29.6 |Nov high C = 27.8 |Dec high C = 26.8 |year high C = |Jan low C = 18.8 |Feb low C = 18.6 |Mar low C = 20.5 |Apr low C = 21.4 |May low C = 22.6 |Jun low C = 23.0 |Jul low C = 22.5 |Aug low C = 22.4 |Sep low C = 22.2 |Oct low C = 21.8 |Nov low C = 20.3 |Dec low C = 18.3 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 138 |Feb precipitation mm = 74 |Mar precipitation mm = 79 |Apr precipitation mm = 88 |May precipitation mm = 189 |Jun precipitation mm = 318 |Jul precipitation mm = 335 |Aug precipitation mm = 258 |Sep precipitation mm = 301 |Oct precipitation mm = 278 |Nov precipitation mm = 203 |Dec precipitation mm = 159 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |title = Climate: Raxruhá |access-date = 21 August 2015 |publisher = Climate-Data.org}}

Geographic location

Rahruhá is immersed in between Chisec and Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, which both Alta Verapaz Department municipalities.

| Center= Raxruhá | Northwest= Chisec | Southwest = Chisec | West= Chisec | South= Chisec | North= Chisec |East= Fray Bartolomé de las Casas |Northeast= Fray Bartolomé de las Casas |Southeast=Fray Bartolomé de las Casas

Notable people

  • Jakelin Caal, 7-year-old child who died in the custody of the United States Border Patrol in 2018

References

Bibliography

References

  1. "Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. "Raxruhá: solo esperan una firma". Prensa Libre.
  3. (April 2018). "Decreto Número 10-2008". Diario de Centroamérica, 25 de marzo de 2008, No. 97 Tomo CCLXXXIM }}{{dead link.
  4. "Franja Transversal del Norte".
  5. Ybarra, Megan. (2008). "Informe antropológico sobre el lugar sagrado, Cuevas "Xch'ool Tzuultaq'a" de Muqb'ilha' I y Candelaria Camposanto, Chisec, Alta Verapaz".
  6. SEGEPLAN. "Municipios de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala".
  7. "In Home Village of Girl Who Died in U.S. Custody, Poverty Drives Migration". New York Times.

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