| San Pedro Carchá | |
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| — Municipality — | |
| Municipal palace, San Pedro Carchá | |
| Nickname(s): Carchá | |
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San Pedro Carchá
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| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | Alta Verapaz |
| Municipality | San Pedro Carchá |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Mayor | |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 1,082 km2 (417.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,282 m (4,206 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,100 m (6,890 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 600 m (1,969 ft) |
| Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 148,344 |
| • Urban | 11,941 |
| • Ethnicities | Q'eqchi', Poqomchi', Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
| Website | municipal site |
San Pedro Carchá, usually referred to as Carchá, is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It is situated at 1282 m above sea level. It has an estimated population 245,000 people.[2] It covers a terrain of 1082 km².[3]
Deportivo Carchá football club play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay. They have played in Guatemala's top division from 1998-2001.
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