Senahú

Also known as Senahu

Senahú is a town and municipality of the Department of Alta Verapaz in the Republic of Guatemala.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Senahú
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Guatemala
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Guatemala
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Guatemala
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 25px Alta Verapaz
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Senahú
Settlement.government_type: Municipal
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Mónica Milián
Settlement.leader_party: LIDER
Settlement.area_total_km2: 736
Settlement.population_as_of: Census 2018
Settlement.population_total: 91974

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Wikidata facts

Population: 98703
Area: 336
Elevation: 970
Image: Senahu in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.jpg
Dialing code: 502

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inception: 1869-07-27
postal code: 16008

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Contents

Languages spoken
Important dates
Celebrations
Franja Transversal del Norte
Climate
Geographic location
See also
Notes and references
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

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. 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==