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    Verapaz, formerly Tezulutlan, was a second order subdivision of the former Kingdom of Guatemala, itself a constituent part of New Spain. The northern...
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    / 15.500; -90.333 Alta Verapaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalta βeɾaˈpas]) is a department in the north central part of Guatemala. The capital and chief...
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    Baja Verapaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa βeɾaˈpas]) is a department in Guatemala. In 2018, the population of the department was 299,476. The capital...
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  • Quetzaltenango, Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz, and by the early 20th century Germans populated Guatemala City, Zacapa and Jutiapa. Guatemala currently has a...
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  • Nineteenth-Century Alta Verapaz, Guatemala," Hispnaic American Historical Review 96.1, (February 2016): 73–107. Grieb, Kenneth. Guatemalan Caudillo. Athens:...
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  • Verapaz (or Vera Paz) may refer to the following places and jurisdictions : Verapaz, Guatemala, a region of colonial Guatemala, now divided into : Baja...
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    railroad, Ferrocarril Verapaz de Guatemala [es] (also known as Ferropazco), used to connect Panzós and Tucurú in Alta Verapaz Department. Its construction...
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    Semuc Champey (category Protected areas of Guatemala)
    Semuc Champey is a natural monument in the department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, near the Q'eqchi' Maya town of Lanquín. It consists of a natural 300...
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    Guatemala earthquake. The department is located in northeastern Guatemala. It is bordered by the departments of Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala...
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    Baja Verapaz (5 May 1978). Audiencia del 5 de mayo de 1978 (in Spanish). Cobán, Guatemala. signatories: colonel Benigno Álvarez S., Alta Verapaz governor...
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    dietary supplement by the Q'eqchi' people of San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Redonda-Martínez, R., Zacarias-Correa, AG & Samain, M.-S. 2022. Dahlia...
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    constituted genocide. In some areas such as Baja Verapaz, the Truth Commission found that the Guatemalan state engaged in an intentional policy of genocide...
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  • municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. The name originates from the Mayans. On his second visit to Guatemala, in 1537, friar Bartolomé...
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    Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) in the Sierra Yalijux, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala". Journal of Ornithology. 146 (1): 79–84. doi:10.1007/s10336-004-0060-7...
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    Cobán (category Municipalities of the Alta Verapaz Department)
    Verapaz in central Guatemala. It also serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Cobán municipality. It is located 219 km from Guatemala...
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    Senahú, Cahabón and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal. There is large demand in Guatemala and some of its neighbors for edible...
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    World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08. "The Green Route of Verapaz, Guatemala". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08. "Sierra De Las...
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    The Guatemalan genocide, also referred to as the Maya genocide, or the Silent Holocaust (Spanish: Genocidio guatemalteco, Genocidio maya, or Holocausto...
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    This is a list of places in Guatemala. Population data up to number 30 is based on the 2018 census.   Departmental Capital   National Capital and Departmental...
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    the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It is located approximately 29 km from Cobán, the capital of Alta Verapaz and about 210 km from Guatemala City...
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    Archdiocese of Lima in 1546. Another short-lived diocese was set up in Verapaz, Guatemala in 1559. Along the Caribbean coast, there were several attempts to...
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  • Guatemala is divided in 22 departments that are organized in 8 development regions declared by the Guatemalan government. Guatemala Alta Verapaz Baja Verapaz...
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    national flag and the president of Guatemala Problems playing this file? See media help. The national flag of Guatemala, often referred to as "Pabellón Nacional"...
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    The Estadio Verapaz is a soccer stadium in the city of Cobán in Guatemala. Its official name is Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi . It was built in 1936...
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    Lachuá Lake (category Geography of the Alta Verapaz Department)
    Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Guatemala Ciudad, Guatemala: Tesis de Licenciatura, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Granados-Dieseldorff...
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    during these years. In the 1870s-1880s, the Kekchi emigrated from Verapaz, Guatemala, where their lands had been seized for coffee plantations and many...
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  • Granados may refer to: Granados, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala Granados, Sonora, Mexico Granados Municipality, Sonora Enrique Granados (1867–1916), Spanish composer...
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    Catholic Diocese of Verapaz (also Vera Paz, Cobán) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. Its cathedral...
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  • Purulhá (category Municipalities of the Baja Verapaz Department)
    Purulhá is a town and municipality in the Baja Verapaz department of Guatemala. It is situated at 1,570 m (5,151 ft) above sea level. The municipality...
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    Qʼeqchiʼ (category Alta Verapaz Department)
    Alta Verapaz and southern Petén, contemporary Qʼeqchiʼ language-speakers are the most widely spread geographically of all Maya peoples in Guatemala. The...
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