Alta Verapaz

Alta Verapaz
Alta Verapaz
	Depairtment
	Coat airms
	Alta Verapaz
	Coordinates: 15°30′N 90°20′W / 15.500°N 90.333°W
Kintra	Guatemala
Depairtment	Alta Verapaz
Caipital	Cobán
Municipalities	16
Govrenment
• Teep	Depairtmental
• Govrenor	Dominga Tecúm Camil
Area
• Depairtment	8686 km2 (3,354 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2800 m (9,200 ft)
Lowest elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (Census 2002)
• Depairtment	776,246
• Urban	163,012
• Ethnicities	Q'eqchi' poqomchi' Ladino
• Religions	Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
Time zone	-6

Alta Verapaz is a depairtment in the north central pairt o Guatemala. The caipital an chief ceety o the depairtment is Cobán. Verapaz is bordered tae the north bi El Petén, tae the east bi Izabal, tae the sooth bi Zacapa, El Progreso, an Baja Verapaz, an tae the wast bi El Quiché.

An aw in Alta Verapaz are the touns o Chisec, San Pedro Carchá an San Cristóbal Verapaz.

History[eedit | eedit soorce]

In Pre-Columbie times this aurie wis pairt o the Maya ceevilization. When the Spaingie Conquistadores came in the 1520s thay conquered the central an soothren heichlands o Guatemala, but wur driven back frae this region bi fierce native resistance. Spaingie friars asked the unsuspicious natives for a chance tae "peacefully" convert the land tae Christianity, which thay succeeded in, giein the aurie the name "Verapaz" meanin "True Peace" syne it wis sae cunningly brocht tae Christianity an control o the king o Spain athoot warfare. In the 19t century this became an important coffee producin region.

As a result o the Mexican Drog War, the Los Zetas drog cartel members owerteuk hintle o the depairtment an occupee'd mony touns in December 2010. The Guatemalan govrenment declared a state o siege on December 19 tae reclaim the depairtment, allouin the militar an polis forces tae sairch an reest ony suspects athout a warrant, an at least saxteen biggins wur searched.^[2]^[3]

Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
↑ Wire Staff, the CNN (20 December 2010). "Guatemalan government declares siege to fend off drug gang". Cable News Network. Archived frae the original on 19 Januar 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
↑ AP, Google (19 December 2010). "Guatemalan military seizes drug-plagued province". The Associated Press. Retrieved 20 December 2010.^{[deid airtin]}

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

[1] "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

[2] Wire Staff, the CNN (20 December 2010). "Guatemalan government declares siege to fend off drug gang". Cable News Network. Archived frae the original on 19 Januar 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

[3] AP, Google (19 December 2010). "Guatemalan military seizes drug-plagued province". The Associated Press. Retrieved 20 December 2010.^{[deid airtin]}

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