Nentón

Municipality in Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Nentón is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. Its territory extends 717 km² with a population of 45,679. It became a municipality on December 5, 1876 and was formerly known as San Benito Nentón.^[3] The population speaks Spanish and Chuj.

The Nentón town fair is from January 12 to 15 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).^[4]

Archeological sites

Nentón

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Location of Nentón in Franja Transversal del Norte

Nentón's territory includes the following sites:

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.^[5] 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."^[6]

Climate

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

Geographic location

See also

• Guatemala portal
• Geography portal
• Franja Transversal del Norte
• List of places in Guatemala

References

1. "Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
2. "Guatemala: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
3. Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in; Comunidad Lingüística Chuj 2007, p. 32. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKu'in_Maltin_Tunhku_Ku'in;_Comunidad_Lingüística_Chuj2007 (help)
4. "El municipio de Nenton" (PDF). usac.edu.gt (in Spanish). November 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
5. "Franja Transversal del Norte". Wikiguate. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
6. Solano 2012, p. 15.
7. "Climate:Nentón". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
8. 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.

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• —; Comunidad Lingüística Chuj (2007). Stzolalil sloloni-spaxtini heb' Chuj = Gramática descriptiva Chuj (in Chuj and Spanish). Guatemala: Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. OCLC 310122456.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Solano, Luis (2012). "Contextualización histórica de la Franja Transversal del Norte (FTN)" (PDF). Centro de Estudios y Documentación de la Frontera Occidental de Guatemala (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2014.

15°48′N 91°45′W / 15.800°N 91.750°W / 15.800; -91.750