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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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 ⓘ
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (town) ⓘ
Lanquín Caves ⓘ
linked to: Lanquin Caves

Semuc Champey ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ladino ⓘ
linked to: Ladino people

Poqomchiʼ Maya ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ Maya ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Poqomchiʼ language ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ language ⓘ
hasMunicipality Chahal ⓘ
Chisec ⓘ
Cobán ⓘ
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Lanquín ⓘ
Panzós ⓘ
Raxruhá ⓘ
San Cristóbal Verapaz ⓘ
linked to: Santa Cruz Verapaz

San Juan Chamelco ⓘ
San Miguel Tucurú ⓘ
linked to: Nahualá

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 Region II Norte (Guatemala) ⓘ
linked to: northern Guatemala
religion Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ → primaryRegion → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ
Izabal Department → bordersDepartment → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ
Poqomchiʼ language → region → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ
Achiʼ language → primaryRegion → Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Alta Verapaz Department
El Quiché Department → borders → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ
Northern Guatemala → containsAdministrativeRegion → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Guatemala
Qʼeqchiʼ Maya → primaryRegion → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ
Pasión River region → modernAdministrativeDivision → Alta Verapaz Department ⓘ