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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Кобан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кобан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipio_de_Cob%C3%A1n" title="Municipio de Cobán – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Municipio de Cobán" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n_(Guatemala)" title="Cobán (Guatemala) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cobán (Guatemala)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="کوبان، آلتا وراپاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوبان، آلتا وراپاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EB%B0%98" title="코반 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="코반" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9F_(%D7%92%D7%95%D7%90%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%94)" title="קובאן (גואטמלה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קובאן (גואטמלה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="კობანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კობანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3" title="コバン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コバン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cobán" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Cobán – 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Cobán</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Kekchí-language text"><i lang="kek">Kob'an</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Kekch%C3%AD_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kekchí language">Kekchí</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Collage_of_Coban.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Above, from left to right: Central Park of Cobán, Governing Palace, City Streets, Lachuá Lagoon, Santo Domingo de Guzmán Cathedral and the biodiversity in Cobán."><img alt="Above, from left to right: Central Park of Cobán, Governing Palace, City Streets, Lachuá Lagoon, Santo Domingo de Guzmán Cathedral and the biodiversity in Cobán." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Collage_of_Coban.jpg/250px-Collage_of_Coban.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="339" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Collage_of_Coban.jpg/500px-Collage_of_Coban.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2406" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><b>Above, from left to right:</b> Central Park of Cobán, Governing Palace, City Streets, Lachuá Lagoon, Santo Domingo de Guzmán Cathedral and the biodiversity in Cobán.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Bandera_de_Alta_Verapaz.svg/38px-Bandera_de_Alta_Verapaz.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Bandera_de_Alta_Verapaz.svg/50px-Bandera_de_Alta_Verapaz.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1417" data-file-height="886" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Alta_Verapaz_Department" title="Alta Verapaz Department">Alta Verapaz</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">August 4, 1543</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Koky Córdova (<a href="/wiki/Renewed_Democratic_Liberty" title="Renewed Democratic Liberty">LDR</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,320 m (4,330 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018 census)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">212,047</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data">GMT -6</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">Cwb/Cfb</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cobán</b> (<a href="/wiki/Kekch%C3%AD_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kekchí language">Kekchí</a>: <i lang="kek">Kob'an</i>), fully <b>Santo Domingo de Cobán</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Guatemala" title="Departments of Guatemala">department</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alta_Verapaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Alta Verapaz">Alta Verapaz</a> in central <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>. It also serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Cobán municipality. It is located 219 km from <a href="/wiki/Guatemala_City" title="Guatemala City">Guatemala City</a>. </p><p>As of the 2018 census, the population of the city of Cobán was 212,047 and that of the municipality was 212,421.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cobán lies at an altitude of 1,320 metres or 4,330 feet above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a> and covers a total area of 1,974 km<sup>2</sup>. It is located at the center of a major <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>-growing area. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name "Cobán" comes from <a href="/wiki/Q%27eqchi%27_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Q'eqchi' language">Q'eqchi'</a> (between clouds) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Guatemala" title="History of Guatemala">History of Guatemala</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Order_of_Preachers_in_the_Vera_Paz">Order of Preachers in the Vera Paz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Order of Preachers in the Vera Paz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_Las_Casas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartolomé de Las Casas">Bartolomé de Las Casas</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg/150px-Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg/225px-Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg/300px-Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1733" /></a><figcaption>Fray <a href="/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas" title="Bartolomé de las Casas">Bartolomé de las Casas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Preachers" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Preachers">O.P.</a> who along friars Rodrigo de Landa, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Angulo" title="Pedro Angulo">Pedro Angulo</a> and Luis de Cáncer, O.P, started Vera paz Christian indoctrination in 1542.</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1530 and 1531, captain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alonso_de_%C3%81vila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alonso de Ávila (page does not exist)">Alonso de Ávila</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_%C3%81vila" class="extiw" title="es:Alonso de Ávila">es</a>]</span> on his way to <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_las_Casas" title="San Cristóbal de las Casas">Ciudad Real</a> accidentally discovered the lagoon and hill of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lacam-T%C3%BAn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lacam-Tún (page does not exist)">Lacam-Tún</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserva_de_la_biosfera_Lacan-Tun" class="extiw" title="es:Reserva de la biosfera Lacan-Tun">es</a>]</span>. People of that place had historically traded with all the people that the Spaniards had conquered, so, knowing what was coming, they sought refuge in the jungle. The Spaniards tried in vain to conquer the <a href="/wiki/Lacandon_people" title="Lacandon people">lacandones</a>: from <a href="/wiki/Nueva_Espa%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Nueva España">Nueva España</a> Juan Enríquez de Guzman tried; from the <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo" title="Francisco de Montejo">Francisco de Montejo</a> tried; <a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_Alvarado" title="Pedro de Alvarado">Pedro de Alvarado</a> attempted it from Guatemala along with captain Francisco Gil Zapata and, finally, Pedro Solórzano from Chiapas.<sup id="cite_ref-pons_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pons-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That is when the Order of Preachers tried to convert the Tezulutlán "War Zone" into a peaceful region. </p><p>In the meantime, after a series of setbacks in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">La Española</a>, the island Audiencia allowed <a href="/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas" title="Bartolomé de las Casas">Bartolomé de las Casas</a> to accept Friar Tomás de Berlanga's invitation to go to <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Nueva Granada</a> in 1534, where he had just been appointed as Bishop. Both sailed toward <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, to then continued to <a href="/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a>, but during the trip a storm tossed their ship to <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>, where Las Casas chose to remain in the Granada convent. in 1535, he proposed to the King and the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Indies" title="Council of the Indies">Council of the Indies</a> to start a peaceful colonization of the unexplored rural zones in the Guatemala region; however, in spite of Bernal Díaz de Luco and Mercado de Peñaloza intentions to help him, his suggestion was rejected. In 1536 Nicaraguan governor <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rodrigo_de_Contreras&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rodrigo de Contreras (page does not exist)">Rodrigo de Contreras</a> organized a military expedition, but Las Casas was able to postpone it by a couple of years after he notified queen <a href="/wiki/Isabel_de_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Isabel de Portugal">Isabel de Portugal</a>, wife of <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Carlos V</a>. Given the authorities' hostility, Las Casas left Nicaragua and went to Guatemala.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991105_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1536, Las Casas settled in <a href="/wiki/Ciudad_Vieja" title="Ciudad Vieja">Santiago de Guatemala</a>, then the capital of Guatemala; a few months later, his friend, bishop Juan Garcés, invited him to move to Tlascala, but after a few weeks he came back to Guatemala. On May 2, 1537, governor <a href="/wiki/Alonso_de_Maldonado" title="Alonso de Maldonado">Alonso de Maldonado</a> granted him the Tezulutlán Capitulations - a written commitment ratified on July 6, 1539, by <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_Mendoza_y_Pacheco" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco">Antonio de Mendoza</a>, México Viceroy- in which everybody agreed that Tezulutlán natives, once conquered, would not be given as <a href="/wiki/Encomienda" title="Encomienda">encomienda</a> but would be King's subjects.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991107_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991107-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Las Casas, along with friars Rodrigo de Landa, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Angulo" title="Pedro Angulo">Pedro Angulo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luis_de_Cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis de Cancer">Luis de Cancer</a>, looked for four Christian natives and taught them Christian hymns where the Gospel's basic principles were explained. <a href="/wiki/Luis_de_Cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis de Cancer">Luis de Cancer</a> visited the <a href="/wiki/Cacique" title="Cacique">cacique</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sacapulas" title="Sacapulas">Sacapulas</a> and was able to perform the first baptisms among his people. Later, Las Casas lead a retinue to bring girts to the cacique, who was so impressed that he decided to convert and become his people preacher<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (December 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. The cacique was baptized with the name of Don Juan and the natives granted permission to build a small church; however, Cobán, another cacique, burned the church. Don Juan, along sixty men, Las Casas and <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Angulo" title="Pedro Angulo">Pedro Angulo</a>, went to talk to Cobán's people and convinced them of their good intentions;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991109_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991109-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Don Juan even took the initiative to marry one of his daughters with cacique Cobán by the Catholic Church. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg/150px-Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg/225px-Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg/300px-Cob%C3%A1n_Rabin_Ajau_Guatemala_1980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1029" data-file-height="1275" /></a><figcaption>"Rabin Ahau" festival 1980</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1539 pope <a href="/wiki/Paul_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul III">Paul III</a> authorized the diocese of Ciudad Real;<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that year, Alonso de Maldonado—under pressure by Spanish settlers—began a military campaign in Tezulutlán [...] gave all the natives in <a href="/wiki/Encomienda" title="Encomienda">encomiendas</a>. This flagrant violation of the Capitulations enraged Las Casas, who traveled to Spain to denounce it before king <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a>. On January 9, 1540, a royal document was issues which the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tezulutl%C3%A1n_Capitulations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tezulutlán Capitulations (page does not exist)">Tezulutlán Capitulations</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitulaciones_de_Tezulutl%C3%A1n" class="extiw" title="es:Capitulaciones de Tezulutlán">es</a>]</span> were ratified and gave the region to the protection of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Preachers" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Preachers">Order of Preachers</a>. On October 17 of that year, <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal</a> <a href="/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa_de_Loaysa_y_Mendoza" class="mw-redirect" title="García de Loaysa y Mendoza">García de Loaysa</a> -then president of the Indias Council- ordered the México Audiencia to comply with these laws. The Capitulations were officially published on January 21, 1541, in the church of <a href="/wiki/Sevilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Sevilla">Sevilla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Las Casas was appointed bishop of Chiapas in 1544, but he tried to apply the new ways in his diocese, they were flatly rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Encomendero" class="mw-redirect" title="Encomendero">encomenderos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pons_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pons-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1545, Guatemala bishop <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Marroqu%C3%ADn" title="Francisco Marroquín">Francisco Marroquín</a> visited Tezulutlán and met with the preachers. Back in the city of <a href="/wiki/Gracias_a_Dios_Department" title="Gracias a Dios Department">Gracias a Dios</a>, where the Audiencia de los Confines had its main office- met with Las Casas and with <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> bishop <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_Valdivieso" title="Antonio de Valdivieso">Antonio de Valdivieso</a>. There was a lot of tension between Marroquín and Las Casas in this meeting<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conflict moved on to <a href="/wiki/Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico" class="mw-redirect" title="Ciudad de México">Ciudad de México</a> and finally everybody agreed to favor the freedom of the natives; however, this could not be accomplished for the Lacandon Jungle would not be conquered for another two century, becoming the rebel maya people favorite hideout.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarcía_Icazbalceta1998149-151_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarcía_Icazbalceta1998149-151-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Las Casas and Angulo founded <a href="/wiki/Rabinal" title="Rabinal">Rabinal</a>, and the city of Cobán was the center of the new Catholic doctrine. A few years later, the natives started settling following the Spanish model and several towns were settled, like Tactic. The name "War zone" was change for "Vera Paz" (true peace), name that became official in 1547.<sup id="cite_ref-pons_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pons-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cobán received the title of an imperial city by <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor</a> and in 1599 Cobán became bishop's see. It was briefly known during this period as <b>Ciudad Imperial</b> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> for "Imperial City") in Charles's honor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_and_German_settlers">Independence and German settlers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Independence and German settlers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 1850, Cobán population was estimated to be at 12000.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ca. 1890, British archeologist <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Percival_Maudslay" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Percival Maudslay">Alfred Percival Maudslay</a> and his wife moved to Guatemala, and visited Cobán.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay1899105_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay1899105-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the time the Maudslays visited Verapaz, a German colony had settled in the area thanks to generous concessions granted by liberal presidents <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Lisandro_Barillas_Berci%C3%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián">Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Reyna_Barrios" class="mw-redirect" title="José María Reyna Barrios">José María Reyna Barrios</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Estrada_Cabrera" title="Manuel Estrada Cabrera">Manuel Estrada Cabrera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartínez_Peláez1988_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartínez_Peláez1988-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Germans had a very united and solid community and had several activities in the German Club (Deutsche Verein), in Cobán, which they had founded in 1888. Their main commercial activity was coffee plantations. Maudslay described the Germans like this: "There is a larger proportion of foreigners in Coban than in any other town in the Republic: they are almost exclusively Germans engaged in coffee-planting, and some few of them in cattle-ranching and other industries; although complaints of isolation and of housekeeping and labour troubles are not unheard of amongst them, they seemed to me to be fortunate from a business point of view in the high reputation that the Vera Paz coffee holds in the market, and the very considerable commercial importance which their industry and foresight has brought to the district; and, from a personal point of view, in the enjoyment of a delicious climate in which their rosy-cheeked children can be reared in health and strength, and in all the comforts which pertain to a life half European and half tropical. Hotels or fondas appear to be scarce; but the hospitality of the foreign residents is proverbial."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay189999_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay189999-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:722px;max-width:722px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Cobán in the 1890s</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:252px;max-width:252px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_151-Iglesia_de_Coban_1898.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_151-Iglesia_de_Coban_1898.png/250px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_151-Iglesia_de_Coban_1898.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_151-Iglesia_de_Coban_1898.png/375px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_151-Iglesia_de_Coban_1898.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_151-Iglesia_de_Coban_1898.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="307" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Central park church</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png/230px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png/345px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png/460px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_155-People_from_Coban_1898.png 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="436" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Street market</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_160-Calvario_de_Coban.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_160-Calvario_de_Coban.png/230px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_160-Calvario_de_Coban.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_160-Calvario_de_Coban.png/345px-A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_160-Calvario_de_Coban.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/A_glimpse_of_Guatemala_160-Calvario_de_Coban.png 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="348" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Calvary church</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The city was developed by <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> coffee growers towards the end of the 19th century and was operated as a largely independent dominion until <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deutsch_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deutsch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1888 a German club was founded<sup id="cite_ref-rise_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1935 a German school opened its doors in Cobán. Until 1930, about 2000 Germans populated the city.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1941, all Germans were expelled by the <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemalan government</a>, led at the time by <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Ubico" title="Jorge Ubico">Jorge Ubico</a> because of pressure from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-bucheli8_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bucheli8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it has also been suggested Ubico's motivation was to seize control of the vast amounts of land Germans owned in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-bucheli8_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bucheli8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many ended up in internment camps in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> and were later traded for American POW's held in Germany. A sizable resident German population persists though most having been completely assimilated into the Guatemalan culture through intermarriage. Multiple German architectonic elements can still be appreciated throughout Cobán. </p><p>The Germans also set up <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Guatemala" title="Rail transport in Guatemala">Ferrocarril Verapaz</a>, a railway which connected Cobán with <a href="/wiki/Lake_Izabal" title="Lake Izabal">Lake Izabal</a>, operated from 1895 until 1963 and was a symbol for the wealth in this coffee-growing region those days.<sup id="cite_ref-deutsch_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deutsch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Franja_Transversal_del_Norte">Franja Transversal del Norte</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Franja Transversal del Norte"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte" title="Franja Transversal del Norte">Franja Transversal del Norte</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"><div style="position:relative;width:200px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cobán is located in Guatemala"><img alt="Cobán is located in Guatemala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg/250px-Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg/330px-Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg/500px-Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.642%;left:46.194%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cobán"><img alt="Cobán" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/9px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/14px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/18px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:6px;left:-3em"><div style="background-color:white">Cobán</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Franja_transversal_guate_relief.jpg" title="File:Franja transversal guate relief.jpg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of Cobán in <a href="/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte" title="Franja Transversal del Norte">Franja Transversal del Norte</a></div></div></div> <p>The Northern Transverse Strip was officially created during the government of General Carlos Arana Osorio in 1970, by Legislative Decree 60–70, for agricultural development.<sup id="cite_ref-wikiguate_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikiguate-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decree literally said: "It is of public interest and national emergency, the establishment of Agrarian Development Zones in the area included within the municipalities: San Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista, <a href="/wiki/Nent%C3%B3n" title="Nentón">Nentón</a>, Jacaltenango, <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_Ixtat%C3%A1n" title="San Mateo Ixtatán">San Mateo Ixtatán</a>, and Santa Cruz Barillas in <a href="/wiki/Huehuetenango_(department)" class="mw-redirect" title="Huehuetenango (department)">Huehuetenango</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chajul" title="Chajul">Chajul</a> and San Miguel <a href="/wiki/Uspant%C3%A1n" title="Uspantán">Uspantán</a> in Quiché; Cobán, <a href="/wiki/Chisec" title="Chisec">Chisec</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro_Carch%C3%A1" title="San Pedro Carchá">San Pedro Carchá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanqu%C3%ADn" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanquín">Lanquín</a>, <a href="/wiki/Senah%C3%BA" title="Senahú">Senahú</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cahab%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Cahabón">Cahabón</a> and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESolano201215_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolano201215-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century:_African_oil_palm">21st century: African oil palm</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century: African oil palm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Elaeis_guineensis" title="Elaeis guineensis">Elaeis guineensis</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guatemalapalma2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Guatemalapalma2014.JPG/200px-Guatemalapalma2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Guatemalapalma2014.JPG/300px-Guatemalapalma2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Guatemalapalma2014.JPG/400px-Guatemalapalma2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="749" /></a><figcaption>African oil palm plantation areas in Guatemala as of 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESolano20156_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESolano20156-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>There is a large demand within Guatemala and some of its neighbors for edible oils and fats, which would explain how the African oil palm became so prevalent in the country in detriment of other oils, and which has allowed new companies associated to large capitals in a new investment phase that can be found particularly in some territories that form the <a href="/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte" title="Franja Transversal del Norte">Northern Transversal Strip</a> of Guatemala.<sup id="cite_ref-enfoque_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enfoque-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The investors are trying to turn Guatemala into one of the main palm oil exporters, in spite of the decline on its international price. The most active region is found in <a href="/wiki/Chisec" title="Chisec">Chisec</a> and Cobán, in <a href="/wiki/Alta_Verapaz_Department" title="Alta Verapaz Department">Alta Verapaz Department</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ixc%C3%A1n" title="Ixcán">Ixcán</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quich%C3%A9_Department" title="Quiché Department">Quiché Department</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sayaxch%C3%A9" title="Sayaxché">Sayaxché</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pet%C3%A9n_Department" title="Petén Department">Petén Department</a>, where Palmas del Ixcán, S.A. (PALIX) is located, both with its own plantation and those of subcontractors. Another active region is that of <a href="/wiki/Fray_Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas" title="Fray Bartolomé de las Casas">Fray Bartolomé de las Casas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chahal,_Guatemala" title="Chahal, Guatemala">Chahal</a> in Alta Verapaz Department; <a href="/wiki/El_Estor" title="El Estor">El Estor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Livingston,_Guatemala" title="Livingston, Guatemala">Livingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Izabal_Department" title="Izabal Department">Izabal Department</a>; and <a href="/wiki/San_Luis,_Pet%C3%A9n" title="San Luis, Petén">San Luis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pet%C3%A9n_Department" title="Petén Department">Petén</a>, where Naturaceites operates.<sup id="cite_ref-enfoque_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enfoque-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cobán has a <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropical climate</a> highland (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfb</i>). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cobán (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.4<br />(93.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(94.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(95.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.8<br />(94.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(1.55) </td> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.3<br />(1.59) </td> <td style="background: #BFFFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.3<br />(1.67) </td> <td style="background: #92FF92; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.6<br />(2.78) </td> <td style="background: #00E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">185.4<br />(7.30) </td> <td style="background: #006500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">265.0<br />(10.43) </td> <td style="background: #00B700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">219.1<br />(8.63) </td> <td style="background: #009A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">238.7<br />(9.40) </td> <td style="background: #004000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">289.1<br />(11.38) </td> <td style="background: #003E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">300.3<br />(11.82) </td> <td style="background: #009700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">232.6<br />(9.16) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.8<br />(2.75) </td> <td style="background: #02FF02; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,992.6<br />(78.46) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.8 </td> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20.3 </td> <td style="background: #0D0DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000EB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21.5 </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19.9 </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.7 </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">182.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMONormals_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMONormals-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Cob%C3%A1n" title="Special:EditPage/Cobán">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Each year at the end of July, a festival of Guatemala's native peoples is held here, <i>La Fiesta Nacional Indígena de Guatemala</i> (Festival Folklórico). The festivities include a <a href="/wiki/Beauty_contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Beauty contest">beauty contest</a> for Guatemala's <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">indigenous</a> women, the winner of which is crowned with the title "Rabin Ahau", which means "the Daughter of the King" in <a href="/wiki/Q%27eqchi%27_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Q'eqchi' language">Q'eqchi'</a>. The dominant ethnicity here is <a href="/wiki/Q%27eqchi%27_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Q'eqchi' people">Q'eqchi'</a> Mayan and the language of <a href="/wiki/Q%27eqchi%27_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Q'eqchi' language">Q'eqchi'</a> is widely spoken in town, especially in and around the markets where farmers from the surrounding hills sell their products. The departmental fair is held in Cobán and begins on the last Sunday in July and continues for a week. Every year, the international half-<a href="/wiki/Marathon" title="Marathon">marathon</a> of Cobán is held during the month of May; 4,000 runners gather in Cobán to take part of the event that has become the landmark event for the region. The annual religious festival <i>(fiesta titular)</i> is on August 4 and dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo_de_Guzman" class="mw-redirect" title="Santo Domingo de Guzman">Santo Domingo de Guzman</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n_Imperial" class="mw-redirect" title="Cobán Imperial">Cobán Imperial</a> Football Club is one of the traditional clubs of Guatemala and became <a href="/wiki/Liga_Nacional_de_Guatemala" class="mw-redirect" title="Liga Nacional de Guatemala">Guatemala League</a> champions for the first time in 2004. The club plays in the Guatemalan national league. They play their home games in the <a href="/wiki/Estadio_Verapaz" title="Estadio Verapaz">Estadio Verapaz</a>. Cobán is also known for their basketball history. The youth leagues are the best in the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n_Airport" title="Cobán Airport">Cobán Airport</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GAG_1841.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/GAG_1841.jpg/250px-GAG_1841.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/GAG_1841.jpg/330px-GAG_1841.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/GAG_1841.jpg/500px-GAG_1841.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4512" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption>Central Park in Cobán.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cobán is surrounded by mountains laden with <a href="/wiki/Orchids" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchids">orchids</a>. The rare <a href="/wiki/Lycaste_skinneri" title="Lycaste skinneri">Monja blanca</a> orchid is the departmental symbol. <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserves" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature reserves">Nature reserves</a> in or near Cobán include <a href="/wiki/Las_Victorias_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Victorias National Park">Las Victorias National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9_la_Colonia_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="San José la Colonia National Park">San José la Colonia National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laguna_Lachu%C3%A1_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Laguna Lachuá National Park">Laguna Lachuá National Park</a>, and <i>Biotopo Mario Dary Rivera</i>. There can be found multiple caves, waterfalls and forests which are home to the rare <a href="/wiki/Quetzal" title="Quetzal">Quetzal</a>. Thus, Cobán has become a popular spot for eco-tourism. </p><p>Additional popular tourist spots in the city of Cobán include the <a href="/wiki/El_Calvario_Church" title="El Calvario Church">El Calvario Church</a>, the Dieseldorff coffee plantation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plazamagdalena.com">Plaza Magdalena</a> Shopping Center and Coban's central plaza. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_location">Geographic location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Geographic location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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<td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Uspant%C3%A1n" title="Uspantán">Uspantán</a>, El Quiché municipality</td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Cobán</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Chisec" title="Chisec">Chisec</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro_Carch%C3%A1" title="San Pedro Carchá">San Pedro Carchá</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Juan_Chamelco" title="San Juan Chamelco">San Juan Chamelco</a> <a href="/wiki/Alta_Verapaz_Department" title="Alta Verapaz Department">Alta Verapaz</a> municipalities<sup id="cite_ref-segeplan_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-segeplan-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_Verapaz" title="San Cristóbal Verapaz">San Cristóbal Verapaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Verapaz" title="Santa Cruz Verapaz">Santa Cruz Verapaz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tactic_(municipality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tactic (municipality)">Tactic</a>, Alta Verapaz municipalities<sup id="cite_ref-segeplan_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-segeplan-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>States<sup id="cite_ref-sci-chapin_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sci-chapin-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/32px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/48px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/64px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Guatemala" title="Portal:Guatemala">Guatemala portal</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/28px-Terra.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/42px-Terra.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/56px-Terra.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Geography" title="Portal:Geography">Geography portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alta_Verapaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Alta Verapaz">Alta Verapaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte" title="Franja Transversal del Norte">Franja Transversal del Norte</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ciudad Real diocesis included <a href="/wiki/Chiapas" title="Chiapas">Chiapas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soconusco" title="Soconusco">Soconusco</a>, la Vera Paz (including the Lacandon jungle), <a href="/wiki/Tabasco" title="Tabasco">Tabasco</a> and the still non-conquered <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Las Casas accused Marroquín of having slave Indians and to have a <a href="/wiki/Repartimiento" title="Repartimiento">repartimiento</a> along with preaching "toxic doctrine"; Marroquín on the other hand, accused Las Casas of going beyond his jurisdiction.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cob%C3%A1n&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/">Citypopulation.de</a> Population of major cities in Guatemala</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEB1878"><i>EB</i> (1878)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEB1911"><i>EB</i> (1911)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/">Citypopulation.de</a> Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pons-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pons_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pons_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pons_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPons_Sáez1997" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Pons Sáez, Nuria (1997). <i>La conquista del Lacandón</i> (in Spanish). México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. XIX to XXIX. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/968-36-6150-5" title="Special:BookSources/968-36-6150-5"><bdi>968-36-6150-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=La+conquista+del+Lacand%C3%B3n&rft.place=M%C3%A9xico&rft.pages=XIX+to+XXIX&rft.pub=Universidad+Nacional+Aut%C3%B3noma+de+M%C3%A9xico&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=968-36-6150-5&rft.aulast=Pons+S%C3%A1ez&rft.aufirst=Nuria&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACob%C3%A1n" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991105-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991105_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAnabitarte1991">Anabitarte 1991</a>, p. 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991107-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991107_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAnabitarte1991">Anabitarte 1991</a>, p. 107.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991109-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnabitarte1991109_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAnabitarte1991">Anabitarte 1991</a>, p. 109.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFYáñez_Delgadillo1992" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Y%C3%A1%C3%B1ez" title="Agustín Yáñez">Yáñez Delgadillo, Agustín</a> (1992). <i>Doctrina. Fray Bartolomé de las Casas</i> (in Spanish). México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 168. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/968-36-2016-7" title="Special:BookSources/968-36-2016-7"><bdi>968-36-2016-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Doctrina.+Fray+Bartolom%C3%A9+de+las+Casas&rft.place=M%C3%A9xico&rft.pages=168&rft.pub=Universidad+Nacional+Aut%C3%B3noma+de+M%C3%A9xico&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=968-36-2016-7&rft.aulast=Y%C3%A1%C3%B1ez+Delgadillo&rft.aufirst=Agust%C3%ADn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACob%C3%A1n" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarcía_Icazbalceta1998149-151-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarcía_Icazbalceta1998149-151_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGarcía_Icazbalceta1998">García Icazbalceta 1998</a>, p. 149-151.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBaily1850" class="citation book cs1">Baily, John (1850). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7306/view/1/87/"><i>Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica</i></a>. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 87.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Central+America%3B+Describing+Each+of+the+States+of+Guatemala%2C+Honduras%2C+Salvador%2C+Nicaragua%2C+and+Costa+Rica&rft.place=London&rft.pages=87&rft.pub=Trelawney+Saunders&rft.date=1850&rft.aulast=Baily&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wdl.org%2Fen%2Fitem%2F7306%2Fview%2F1%2F87%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACob%C3%A1n" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay1899105-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay1899105_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaudslayMaudslay1899">Maudslay & Maudslay 1899</a>, p. 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartínez_Peláez1988-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartínez_Peláez1988_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMartínez_Peláez1988">Martínez Peláez 1988</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay189999-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay189999_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaudslayMaudslay1899">Maudslay & Maudslay 1899</a>, p. 99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay1899151-160-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaudslayMaudslay1899151-160_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaudslayMaudslay1899">Maudslay & Maudslay 1899</a>, p. 151-160.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-deutsch-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-deutsch_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-deutsch_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626133655/http://servicios.prensalibre.com/pl/domingo/archivo/revistad/2005/julio05/240705/dfondo.shtml">"Deutschland en la Verapaz"</a>. <i>Revista D</i>. Guatemala: Prensa Libre. 5 July 2005. 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