Place:Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

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NameCobán
Alt namesCobánsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates15.467°N 90.333°W
Located inAlta Verapaz, Guatemala     (1538 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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.

As of the 2018 census the population of the city of Cobán was at 212,047. The population of the municipality, which covers a total area of 1,974 km², was at 212,421, according to the 2018 census, but the rural area is in reality much, much more populated than the 374 person claimed by the census. Cobán, at a height of above sea level, is located at the center of a major coffee-growing area.

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