Raxruhá

Raxruhá
Municipality
Raxruhá
Location in Guatemala
Raxruhá
Location in Alta Verapaz
Coordinates: 15°51′59.584″N 90°2′32.719″W / 15.86655111°N 90.04242194°W / 15.86655111; -90.04242194
Country Guatemala
Department Alta Verapaz
MunicipalityRaxruhá
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • MayorRigoberto Corleto (UNE)
Area
 • Land571 km2 (220 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 census)
 • Municipality
36,832
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
 • Urban
6,038
 • Ethnicities
Q'eqchi' Ladino
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateAf

Raxruhá is a town and municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. The municipality, which was formerly a part of Chisec, was founded in 2008. At the 2018 census, the municipality population was 36,832.