Cobán
Sign in to saveCobán (), fully Santo Domingo de Cobán, is the capital of the department of Alta Verapaz in central Guatemala. It also serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Cobán municipality. It is located 219 km from Guatemala City.
Key facts
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- Cobán
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- Municipality
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- Collage of Coban.jpg
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- Above, from left to right: Central Park of Cobán, Governing Palace, City Streets, Lachuá Lagoon, Santo Domingo de Guzmán Cathedral and the biodiversity in Cobán.
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- File:Bandera_de_Cobán.svg
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- File:Escudo_de_Cobán.svg
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- 40
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- n
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- Guatemala#Guatemala Alta Verapaz
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Department
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- 25px Alta Verapaz
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- Mayor
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- Koky Córdova
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- LDR
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- Founded
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- August 4, 1543
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Order of Preachers in the Vera Paz
- Independence and German settlers
- Franja Transversal del Norte
- 21st century: African oil palm
- Climate
- Culture
- Sports
- Tourism
- Geographic location
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Cobán (), fully Santo Domingo de Cobán, is the capital of the department of Alta Verapaz in central Guatemala. It also serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Cobán municipality. It is located 219 km from Guatemala City.
As of the 2018 census, the population of the city of Cobán was 212,047 and that of the municipality was 212,421. Cobán lies at an altitude of above sea level and covers a total area of 1,974 km2. It is located at the center of a major coffee-growing area.