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Nentón

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Nentón

|settlement_type = Municipality

|imagesize = 300px

|pushpin_map = Guatemala

|pushpin_label_position = bottom

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guatemala

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{GTM}}

|subdivision_type1 = Department

|subdivision_name1 = 25px Huehuetenango

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name =

|leader_party =

|area_total_km2 = 717

|population_as_of = 2018 census

|population_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

|population_total = 45679

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_urban = 18606

|population_urban_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Guatemala: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

|unit_pref = Metric

|coordinates = {{coord|15|48|08|N|91|45|16|W|region:GT|display=inline}}

|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.{{sfn|Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in; Comunidad Lingüística Chuj|2007|p=32}} 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).{{cite web

|url=http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/EPS/03/03_0504.pdf |access-date=26 April 2023|date=November 2006|language=es|website=usac.edu.gt|title=El municipio de Nenton}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Nentón human settlements

Type

! List

Middle size

|

  1. Aguacate
  2. Bili
  3. Cajtaví
  4. Canquitic
  5. El Aguacate
  6. Gracias a Dios
  7. La Nueva Esperanza
  8. Nueva Concepción
  9. Salamay
  10. Quixal
  11. Subajasum
  12. Yalambojoch
  13. Yuxquén
Small size

|

  1. Buena Vista
  2. Chacaj
  3. Ciénega Yalcastán
  4. El Campamento Salamay
  5. El Carmen
  6. El Limón Chiquial
  7. Jom Tzalá
  8. La Unión
  9. Nueva Esperanza Chaculá
  10. Ojo de Agua
  11. Paleguá
  12. Patictenam
  13. Pocobastic I
  14. Pocobastic II
  15. Río Jordán
  16. San Francisco
  17. San José Yulaurel Frontera
  18. Santa Elena
  19. Santa Rosa
  20. Tzalá Chiquito
  21. Tzalá Grande
  22. Tzojbal
  23. Xoxctac
  24. Yalcastán Buena Vista

Archeological sites

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Nentón's territory includes the following sites:

class="wikitable"

|+Nentón archeological sites

List
#K'atepan (Chanhk'ejelb'e)

  1. Cimarrón
  2. Chaculá
  3. Onh (El Aguacate)
  4. Ixb'u'ul (Gracias a Dios)
  5. Miramar
  6. Pájaros
  7. Paluwa'
  8. Piedra Redonda
  9. K'en Santo
  10. K'ixal
  11. Samran (San Francisco)
  12. Tres Lagunas
  13. Wajxak K'annha
  14. Yalanhb'ojoch

Franja Transversal del Norte

{{Main|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.{{cite web|url=http://wikiguate.com.gt/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte|website=Wikiguate|title=Franja Transversal del Norte|access-date=30 October 2014|location=Guatemala|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414054657/http://wikiguate.com.gt/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte|archive-date=14 April 2014}} 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."{{sfn|Solano|2012|p=15}}

Climate

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

{{Weather box

|location = Nentón

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan mean C = 12.0

|Feb mean C = 11.9

|Mar mean C = 13.5

|Apr mean C = 13.9

|May mean C = 13.7

|Jun mean C = 13.9

|Jul mean C = 13.4

|Aug mean C = 13.3

|Sep mean C = 13.4

|Oct mean C = 12.7

|Nov mean C = 12.5

|Dec mean C = 12.6

|year mean C =

|Jan precipitation mm = 35

|Feb precipitation mm = 25

|Mar precipitation mm = 36

|Apr precipitation mm = 75

|May precipitation mm = 121

|Jun precipitation mm = 252

|Jul precipitation mm = 167

|Aug precipitation mm = 171

|Sep precipitation mm = 214

|Oct precipitation mm = 171

|Nov precipitation mm = 76

|Dec precipitation mm = 34

|year precipitation mm =

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org

{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/48104/

|title = Climate:Nentón

|access-date = 19 August 2015

|publisher = Climate-Data.org}}

}}

Geographic location

{{Geographic location

|Center=Nentón

|North={{MEX}}

|Northwest={{MEX}}

|West={{MEX}}

|South=San Sebastián Coatán, San Miguel Acatán and Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango municipalities{{cite web|author=SEGEPLAN|title=Municipios de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=2:alta-verapaz&Itemid=333|location=Guatemala|website=Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República|access-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630153430/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=2:alta-verapaz&Itemid=333|archive-date=30 June 2015}}

|East=San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango municipality

}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

=Bibliography=

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{cite book|title=Stzolalil stz'ib'chaj ti' Chuj = Gramática normativa Chuj|author=Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in|author2=Comunidad Lingüística Chuj|publisher=Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala|location=Guatemala|year=2007|oclc=227209552|language=Chuj, Spanish}}
  • {{cite book|title=Stzolalil sloloni-spaxtini heb' Chuj = Gramática descriptiva Chuj |author=Ku'in Maltin Tunhku Ku'in|author2=Comunidad Lingüística Chuj|author-mask=1|publisher=Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala|location=Guatemala|year=2007|oclc=310122456|language=Chuj, Spanish}}
  • {{cite journal|url=http://www.albedrio.org/htm/documentos/EstudioFranjaTransversalNorteCEDFOG.pdf|last=Solano|first=Luis|title=Contextualización histórica de la Franja Transversal del Norte (FTN)|journal=Centro de Estudios y Documentación de la Frontera Occidental de Guatemala|year=2012|access-date=31 October 2014|language=es}}

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Category:Municipalities of the Huehuetenango Department