Departamento de Alta Verapaz, Alta Verapaz

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Departamento de Alta Verapaz at a glance

Departamento de Alta Verapaz currently has 13 quality-checked populated place pages and 2 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Mapped cities & towns

13

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County pages

2

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Largest city

Cobán

Population 53,375

Top linked places

Cobán 53,375 Panzos 25,569 San Cristóbal Verapaz 19,664 Chisec 17,018

Country	Guatemala
State	Alta Verapaz (Guatemala)
Area	8686 km2
Latitude & Longitude	15.6667,-90.0000
Official language	Achi, Poqomchi', Spanish, Q’eqchi’, Poqomam
Altitude	4,318 feet / 1316 meters
Capital	Cobán
Time Zone	America/Guatemala
Local time	15:48:23 (16th April 2026)

Geography

Departamento de Alta Verapaz is located at 15°40'0"N 90°0'0"W (15.6666700, -90.0000000).