Alta Verapaz Department
Also known as Alta Verapaz
department of Guatemala
Key facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Capital
- Cobán
- Type
- Departmental
- Governor
- Fernando Jeremías Rodríguez Klarck
- Department
- 8,686 km (3,354 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 2,800 m (9,200 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 300 m (980 ft)
- Rank
- 2nd in Guatemala
- Density
- 139.9/km (362.3/sq mi)
- Urban
- 379,708
- Ethnicities
- Q'eqchi' , Poqomchiʼ , Ladino
- Religions
- Roman Catholicism , Evangelicalism , Maya
- Time zone
Article
15°30′N 90°20′W / 15.500°N 90.333°W / 15.500; -90.333
Alta Verapaz ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalta βeɾaˈpas]) 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.