Nentón Explained
| Official Name: | Nentón |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Huehuetenango |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 717 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 45679 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 18606 |
| Population Urban Footnotes: | [2] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Coordinates: | 15.8022°N -91.7544°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cwb |
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. 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).[3]
Nentón human settlements| Type | List |
|---|
| Middle size | - Aguacate
- Bili
- Cajtaví
- Canquitic
- El Aguacate
- Gracias a Dios
- La Nueva Esperanza
- Nueva Concepción
- Salamay
- Quixal
- Subajasum
- Yalambojoch
- Yuxquén
|
|---|
| Small size | - Buena Vista
- Chacaj
- Ciénega Yalcastán
- El Campamento Salamay
- El Carmen
- El Limón Chiquial
- Jom Tzalá
- La Unión
- Nueva Esperanza Chaculá
- Ojo de Agua
- Paleguá
- Patictenam
- Pocobastic I
- Pocobastic II
- Río Jordán
- San Francisco
- San José Yulaurel Frontera
- Santa Elena
- Santa Rosa
- Tzalá Chiquito
- Tzalá Grande
- Tzojbal
- Xoxctac
- Yalcastán Buena Vista
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|---|
Archeological sites
Nentón's territory includes the following sites:
Franja Transversal del Norte
See main article: 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.[4] 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."
Climate
Nentón has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
See also
References
Bibliography
- Book: Stzolalil stz'ib'chaj ti' Chuj = Gramática normativa Chuj. Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in. Comunidad Lingüística Chuj. Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. Guatemala. 2007. 227209552. Chuj, Spanish.
- Book: Stzolalil sloloni-spaxtini heb' Chuj = Gramática descriptiva Chuj . Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in. Comunidad Lingüística Chuj. 1. Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. Guatemala. 2007. 310122456. Chuj, Spanish.
- Contextualización histórica de la Franja Transversal del Norte (FTN). Solano. Luis. Centro de Estudios y Documentación de la Frontera Occidental de Guatemala. 2012. 31 October 2014. es.
15.8°N -136°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . 2024-06-14 . www.citypopulation.de.
- Web site: Guatemala: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information . 2024-06-14 . www.citypopulation.de.
- Web site: El municipio de Nenton. 26 April 2023. November 2006. es. usac.edu.gt.
- Web site: Franja Transversal del Norte. Wikiguate. 30 October 2014. Guatemala. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140414054657/http://wikiguate.com.gt/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte. 14 April 2014.
