| San Pedro Carchá | |
| Nickname: | Carchá |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alta Verapaz |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | San Pedro Carchá |
| Government Type: | Municipal |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Víctor Hugo Cifuentes |
| Leader Party: | UNE |
| Area Total Km2: | 1310 |
| Population As Of: | Census 2018 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 235275 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 16353 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank1: | Q'eqchi', Poqomchi', Ladino |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Population Blank2: | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
| Coordinates: | 15.4772°N -90.3106°W |
| Elevation M: | 1282 |
| Elevation Max M: | 2100 |
| Elevation Min M: | 600 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Climate |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Cfb |
| Website: | municipal site |
San Pedro Carchá, usually referred to as Carchá, is a town and a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. The municipality covers an area of and is situated at 1,282 m above sea level.[2]
At the 2018 census, the population of the municipality was 235,275 and that of the town of Carchá was 16,353.[3] [4]
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 to 2001.
See main article: Franja Transversal del Norte.
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.[5] 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."
San Pedro Carchá has a warm and temperate climate (Köppen: Cfb).
San Pedro Carchá is completely surrounded by Alta Verapaz department municipalities: