Cobán

Also known as Santo Domingo de Cobán

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.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Cobán
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Collage of Coban.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: 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.
Settlement.image_flag: File:Bandera_de_Cobán.svg
Settlement.image_shield: File:Escudo_de_Cobán.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 40
Settlement.pushpin_relief: n
Settlement.pushpin_map: Guatemala#Guatemala Alta Verapaz
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 25px Alta Verapaz
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Koky Córdova
Settlement.leader_party: LDR
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: August 4, 1543

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

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

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cobán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.