Senahú

{{Infobox settlement   |name = Senahú |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Guatemala |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Guatemala  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px Guatemala |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = 25px Alta Verapaz |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = Senahú |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = Municipal |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Mónica Milián |leader_party = LIDER |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 736 |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = Census 2018 |population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 91974 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_urban = 12084 |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 =Q'eqchi', Ladino |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 =Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|15|24|59|N|89|49|13|W|region:GT|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = 970 |elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name_sec1 = Climate |blank_info_sec1 = Af |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Senahú''' is a town and municipality of the Department of Alta Verapaz in the Republic of Guatemala.

The community of San Antonio Senahú was founded by Q'eqchi' Mayan refugees from a series of 19th-century conflicts in the Ishi Mountains of Central Guatemala. By the mid-1870s, it had become a center of German settlement in Guatemala and a major source of coffee for the European market.

On June 7, 2005 a mudslide killed 23 people, including several children. Most of the dead were of Mayan descent.

The region's wealth is still formed by big coffee farms and other agricultural products. In the natural resources it can be found the river of the farm "Trece Aguas", the waterfalls Sereizi and a viewpoint in the general cemetery. Other famous places are the ruins of Chijolom and La Providencia. The crafts elaborated in this region are weaves, ceramics, basketwork, rigs, musical instruments, masks, bed rolls of palm, chandler's shop, objects of "tule" and fireworks.

The approximated extension for this municipality is of 736 km², with a total population of 91,974 (2018 census). Its neighbours are, at the north boundaries Cahabón and Lanquín (Alta Verapaz), south with Panzos and Tucurú, east with El Estor (Izabal), west with Tucurú and San Pedró Carcha (Alta Verapaz). The municipality is formed by 1 town and 41 communities.

==Languages spoken== The chief languages are Mayan Q'eqchi'<ref>Direct discussions with local residents and community leaders by Neale Brown, AMEDICAusa</ref> and Spanish.

==Important dates== *March 13, 1869 – By Governmental Agreement the region was raised to municipality.

==Celebrations== {{See also|Miss América Latina}} June, 8-13 – In Honor of San Antonio. Each year at the end of August, a festival of San Antonio de Padua celebrating native peoples is held here. The festivities include a beauty contest for Q'eqchi' Maya women, the winner of which is crowned with the title "Miss Senahuk".

== Franja Transversal del Norte == {{Main|Franja Transversal del Norte}}

{{Location map | Guatemala |AlternativeMap=Franja transversal guate relief.jpg | width = 250 | float = right | caption = Location of Senahú in Franja Transversal del Norte | label = Senahú | label_size = 80 | position = bottom | background = white | mark = Orange_pog.svg | marksize = 9  | lat_deg = | lon_deg = }}

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.<ref name=wikiguate>{{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}}</ref> 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==

Senahú has a tropical climate (Köppen: ''Af''). {{Weather box |location = Senahú |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 19.3 |Feb mean C = 20.3 |Mar mean C = 21.6 |Apr mean C = 22.8 |May mean C = 23.2 |Jun mean C = 23.0 |Jul mean C = 22.6 |Aug mean C = 22.7 |Sep mean C = 22.7 |Oct mean C = 21.7 |Nov mean C = 20.6 |Dec mean C = 19.8 |year mean C = |Jan precipitation mm = 141 |Feb precipitation mm = 110 |Mar precipitation mm = 106 |Apr precipitation mm = 142 |May precipitation mm = 313 |Jun precipitation mm = 621 |Jul precipitation mm = 691 |Aug precipitation mm = 546 |Sep precipitation mm = 535 |Oct precipitation mm = 395 |Nov precipitation mm = 207 |Dec precipitation mm = 138 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate-Data.org"> {{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/46099/ |title = Climate:Senahú |access-date = 19 August 2015 |publisher = Climate-Data.org}}</ref> }}

==Geographic location==

{{Geographic location |Center=Senahú |North=Cahabón and Lanquín, Alta Verapaz Department municipalities |South=Panzós and Tucurú, Alta Verapaz Department municipalities<ref name=segeplan>{{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|language=es|archive-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> |West= Tucurú and San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz Department municipalities |East=El Estor, Izabal Department municipality<ref name=segeplan/> }}

==See also== {{Portal|Guatemala|Geography}} * Franja Transversal del Norte

==Notes and references== ===References=== {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{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, CEDFOG|year=2012|access-date=31 October 2014|language=es}} {{Refend}}

==Further reading== *Mario E. de la Cruz Torres, ''Monografía de Senahú''. Guatemala: Pineda Ibarra 1978.

==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140523162641/http://www.chimaltenango.org/departamentos/region-norte/alta-verapaz/senahu Información completa sobre Senahú]}}

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