Tafkin Chichoj

Tafkin Chichoj
General information
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	15°22′00″N 90°28′00″W
Kasa	Guatemala (ƙasa)
Territory	Alta Verapaz Department (en)

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Lake Chichoj is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal Verapaz, department of Alta Verapaz, in Guatemala. The catchment of lake has been designated as a Protected Area, in an attempt to protect the lake from environmental degradation. Water routing through the catchment is made complex by karstic groundwater flow. It is estimated that the catchment of the lake drains 21.0–23.5 square kilometres (8.1–9.1 sq mi). The lake in turn drains superficially to the Cahabón River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean via Lake Izabal.

CE) wasu al'adun baki daga San Cristóbal Verapaz, tafkin zai kasance mai ban tsoro ta hanyar rushewar ƙasa a lokacin girgizar ƙasa a farkon karni na 16, jim kadan bayan isowar Dominican friars (kimanin 1525 AZ), yana mamaye coci da mazaunin Maya da ke kewaye da shi. An bayyana bala'in a matsayin hukuncin allahntaka da aka ba mazaunan San Cristóbal Caccoh, bayan korar wani dan majami'ar Dominican da kuma kin amincewa da mazauna su miƙa wuya ga bangaskiyar Kirista. Wannan al'adar ta sake maimaitawa a cikin wani littafi da aka buga a cikin 1648 AZ ta Irish Dominican friar Thomas Gage: "The English-American, or a New Survey of the West Indies". Littafin Gage ya sha wahala da yawa, yana sanya shakku game da ingancin shaidarsa. Koyaya, wani rahoto mai zaman kansa daga Dominicans na Mutanen Espanya ya kuma ambaci kafa tafkin kwatsam kusa da San Cristóbal, ta hanyar rushewar kogo, a lokacin girgizar ƙasa a cikin 1590 AZ. Cocin parishal ya sha wahala kadan a lokacin wannan girgizar kasa. Rahoton da ya fi tsanani ya nuna cewa abin da ake tsammani ya faru da nisa daga birnin don cocin ba zai lalace ba, amma har yanzu zai kasance babba don a ɗauka don bayar da rahoto. Wannan taron bai shafi yammacin tafkin ba, wanda ya riga ya kasance tun a kalla karni na 8. Montero de Miranda ya rubuta game da tafkin cewa a shekara ta 1575 (UNAM, 1982: 223-248) ya kasance "babban tafki, mai tsawo da zurfi sosai".