San Pedro Carchá
Encyclopedia
San Pedro Carchá, usually referred to as Carchá, is a municipality
in the Guatemala
n department of Alta Verapaz
. It is situated at 1282 m above sea level
. It has an estimated population 245,000 people.
It covers a terrain of 1082 km².
football club play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay. They have played in Guatemala's top division
from 1998-2001.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
n department of Alta Verapaz
Alta Verapaz
Alta Verapaz is a department in the north central part of Guatemala. The capital and chief city of the department is Cobán. Verapaz is bordered to the north by El Petén, to the east by Izabal, to the south by Zacapa, El Progreso, and Baja Verapaz, and to the west by El Quiché.Also in Alta Verapaz...
. It is situated at 1282 m above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
. It has an estimated population 245,000 people.
It covers a terrain of 1082 km².
Sports
Deportivo CarcháDeportivo Carchá
Club Social y Deportivo Carchá, is a Guatemalan football club based in San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay.-History:...
football club play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay. They have played in Guatemala's top division
Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...
from 1998-2001.