Alta Verapaz Department

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Alta Verapaz Department is a mountainous, predominantly indigenous region in central Guatemala known for its lush cloud forests, coffee production, and ecotourism sites such as Semuc Champey.

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Label Occurrences
Alta Verapaz Department canonical 7

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Guatemala
borders Baja Verapaz Department
El Progreso Department
Huehuetenango Department
Izabal Department
Petén Department
Quiché Department
Zacapa Department
capital Cobán
climate humid subtropical
tropical rainforest
contains Cahabón River NERFINISHED
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (town)
Lanquin Caves
surface form: Lanquín Caves

Semuc Champey
country Guatemala
ethnicGroup Ladino people
surface form: Ladino

Poqomchiʼ Maya
Qʼeqchiʼ Maya
hasIndigenousLanguage Poqomchiʼ language
Q’eqchi’ language
surface form: Qʼeqchiʼ language
hasMunicipality Chahal
Chisec
Cobán
Bartolomé de las Casas
surface form: Fray Bartolomé de las Casas

Lanquín
Panzós
Raxruhá
Santa Cruz Verapaz
surface form: San Cristóbal Verapaz

San Juan Chamelco
Nahualá
surface form: San Miguel Tucurú

San Pedro Carchá
Santa Catalina La Tinta
Santa Cruz Verapaz
Santa María Cahabón
Senahú
Tactic
Tamahú
Tucurú
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasProtectedArea Biotopo del Quetzal
historicalRegion Verapaz
knownFor cardamom production
cloud forests
coffee production
ecotourism
largestCity Cobán
locatedIn Guatemala
central Guatemala
majorCrop cardamom
coffee
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
namedAfter Verapaz region
partOf northern Guatemala
surface form: Region II Norte (Guatemala)
religion Evangelicalism
surface form: Evangelical Christianity

Roman Catholicism
terrain mountainous
timeZone Central Standard Time (UTC−6)

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Guatemala Highlands contains Alta Verapaz Department
Petén Department bordersDepartment Alta Verapaz Department
Coban region partOf Alta Verapaz Department
Cobán locatedIn Alta Verapaz Department
Cobán administrativeCenterOf Alta Verapaz Department
Qʼeqchiʼ people region Alta Verapaz Department
Quiché Department borderedBy Alta Verapaz Department