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unusual facts about Alta Verapaz



Cobán Imperial

Club Social y Deportivo Cobán Imperial, nicknamed Los Príncipes Azules ("The Blue Princes"), is a Guatemalan football club based in Cobán, Alta Verapaz.

Jorge Ubico

A year later, he was made the governor (jefe politico) of the province of Alta Verapaz, followed four years later as governor of Retalhuleu.

Quiché Department

While most of its indigenous population speaks the K'iche' language, other Mayan languages spoken in the department are Ixil (Nebaj - Chajul - Cotzal area), Uspantek (Uspantán area), Sakapultek (Sacapulas area), as well as Poqomchi' and Q'ekchi in the North-Eastern part bordering with the Alta Verapaz department.

Vinicio Gómez

It disappeared over Alta Verapaz department en route to Guatemala City from Petén in the north and was later found to have crashed in the municipality of Purulhá at a location some 75 km from departmental capital Salamá.


see also

Coban

Cobán, the capital of the department of Alta Verapaz in central Guatemala

Salinas de los Nueve Cerros

Beginning in the 1980s, Q'eqchi' Maya from highland Alta Verapaz have moved into the region, using much of the local land for milpa.