This hilly region is situated in rugged highlands. Long-leafed pine forests and red soil give the surroundings the flavor of the southern USA Appalachian region. The area sits atop porous limestone deposits. The principal town of San Bartolo Aguas Calientes -- St. Bartholomew's Hot Springs—is one KM from a small resort at a geothermal spring.
In early 2005, houses in a district downhill from the town began to crack. Residents could hear running water. Hurricane Stan made landfall in Guatemala in October, 2005. It became a tropical storm that hovered over the highlands for days. It dumped over 100 inches (2,500 mm) of rain. The land under 22 damaged houses dropped and slid, totally destroying them.
The Guatemalan government did not provide relief. The displaced families moved into tent-like huts, each constructed from USA-supplied tarpaulins covering a wood frame. In mid-2006, the United Methodist Church began to send US-based work teams into the area to build permanent houses for displaced families that could obtain land.
^"Caracterización departamental: Totonicapán 2013" (PDF). Caracterización departamental: Totonicapán 2013. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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bartolo, totonicapán, archaeological, site, bartolo, maya, site, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, new. For the archaeological site see San Bartolo Maya site This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources San Bartolo Totonicapan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message San Bartolo is a municipality in the Totonicapan Department of Guatemala It is north of San Francisco El Alto and west of Santa Maria Chiquimula San BartoloMunicipalitySan Bartolo within TotonicapanTotonicapan within GuatemalaCountryGuatemalaDepartmentTotonicapanGovernment TypeMunicipalPopulation 2012 1 Total18 590 EthnicitiesK iche Ladino ReligionsCatholicism Evangelicalism Maya This hilly region is situated in rugged highlands Long leafed pine forests and red soil give the surroundings the flavor of the southern USA Appalachian region The area sits atop porous limestone deposits The principal town of San Bartolo Aguas Calientes St Bartholomew s Hot Springs is one KM from a small resort at a geothermal spring In early 2005 houses in a district downhill from the town began to crack Residents could hear running water Hurricane Stan made landfall in Guatemala in October 2005 It became a tropical storm that hovered over the highlands for days It dumped over 100 inches 2 500 mm of rain The land under 22 damaged houses dropped and slid totally destroying them The Guatemalan government did not provide relief The displaced families moved into tent like huts each constructed from USA supplied tarpaulins covering a wood frame In mid 2006 the United Methodist Church began to send US based work teams into the area to build permanent houses for displaced families that could obtain land 15 05 04 N 91 27 21 W 15 0844 N 91 4558 W 15 0844 91 4558References edit Caracterizacion departamental Totonicapan 2013 PDF Caracterizacion departamental Totonicapan 2013 Instituto Nacional de Estadistica INE 2014 Retrieved 1 August 2015 nbsp This Guatemala location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title San Bartolo Totonicapan amp oldid 1065797840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
