San Pedro Carchá

San Pedro Carchá, usually referred to as Carchá, is a town and a municipality in the department of Alta Verapaz. The municipality covers an area of 1,310 km2 and is situated at 1,282 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Town with 9,170 residents
  • Description: municipality of Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: Carchá” and “San Pedro Carcha
  • Neighbors: and

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cobán and Las Victorias National Park.

is a city of 212,000 people in the Alta Verapaz department of the region of .

is a protected area of forest and lakefront amid the urban jungle of in central . The park is fairly small for a national park and is used mostly by locals as a weekend recreation area for hiking, picnics, and camping.

San Pedro Carchá

Latitude
15.47708° or 15° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
-90.31073° or 90° 18′ 39″ west
Population
9,170
Elevation
1,283 metres (4,209 feet)
Open location code
767FFMGQ+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1039836104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3589643
Wiki­data ID
Q325586
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“San Pedro Carchá” goes by many names.
  • Basque: San Pedro Carcha
  • Basque: San Pedro Carchá
  • Cebuano: Municipio de San Pedro Carchá
  • Cebuano: San Pedro Carchá
  • Chinese: San Pedro Carchá
  • Chinese: 聖彼德羅卡爾查
  • Dutch: San Pedro Carchá
  • French: San Pedro Carchá
  • German: San Pedro Carchá
  • Italian: San Pedro Carcha
  • Italian: San Pedro Carchá
  • Italian: San Pedro Carchà
  • Japanese: サン・ペドロ・カルチャ
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Pedro Carchá
  • Polish: San Pedro Carchá
  • Portuguese: San Pedro Carchá
  • Scots: San Pedro Carchá
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Pedro Carchá
  • Spanish: San Pedro Carcha
  • Spanish: San Pedro Carchá
  • Swedish: Municipio de San Pedro Carchá
  • Swedish: San Pedro Carchá

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