Santa Cruz Barillas (also known as in
Qʼanjobʼal) is a town, with a population of 17,166 (2018 census),
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Population of cities & towns in Guatemala and a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
n department of Huehuetenango
Huehuetenango () is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Hi ...
. It is situated at 1450 metres above sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an mean, average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal Body of water, bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical ...
. It covers a terrain of 1,174 km2. The annual festival is April 29-May 4.
Climate
Barillas has a tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...
(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and extremely heavy rainfall from June to August.
References
External links
Muni in SpanishWebsite of Santa Cruz Barillas
Municipalities of the Huehuetenango Department
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