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![]() Alta Verapaz es un departamento ubicado al norte de Guatemala, a unos 200 km de la Ciudad de Guatemala. Limita al norte con El Petén; al este con Izabal; al sur con Zacapa, El Progreso y la Baja Verapaz; y al oeste con El Quiché. Su cabecera es Cobán. Es uno de los departamentos más ricos en naturaleza de Guatemala: destacan entre sus maravillas las piscinas de Semuc Champey (en el Río Cahabón); las cuevas de Candelaria, el Rey Marcos y Lanquín; y sus bosques húmedos. En su patrimonio histórico-artístico, destacan los 64 enclaves arqueológicos correspondientes al período maya y algunos edificios religiosos singulares del período colonial, sobre todo en Cobán, San Juan Chamelco y San Pedro Carchá. Tanto su nombre como el del departamento de la Baja Verapaz hacen alusión a la verdadera paz con la que estos territorios fueron incorporados a la Corona de Castilla y evangelizados sin que mediaran acciones militares (gracias a la intervención del dominico Bartolomé de las Casas), después de que los nativos ofrecieran en primera instancia una feroz resistencia frente a las tropas conquistadoras. Además del castellano, en la región se hablan el q'eqchi, el Idioma poqomchi y el achi. La Alta Verapaz está dividida en 17 municipios:
Alta Verapaz is a department located in northern Guatemala, about 200 km from Guatemala City. Bordered on the north by El Petén, Izabal east with the south by Zacapa, El Progreso, Baja Verapaz, and west by El Quiché. Its seat is Coban.
It is one of the richest departments of Guatemala in nature: they stress among its wonders Semuc Champey pools (in the Rio Cahabón), the Candelaria Caves, King Mark and Lanquín and their rainforests. In its historical and artistic heritage, archaeological sites include the 64-period Maya and some unique religious buildings from the colonial period, especially in Coban, San Juan and San Pedro Chamelco Carcha. Both your name as the department of Baja Verapaz allude to real peace with which these territories were incorporated into the Crown of Castile and evangelized without intervention of military action (thanks to the intervention of the Dominican Bartolomé de las Casas), then that the natives in the first instance offered fierce resistance to the conquering troops. Apart from Castilian, spoken in the region, the Q'eqchi, Language and achi Poqomchi. Monolingualism is the main characteristic of the people, who for years ensured that outsiders use the Q'eqchi 'as a lingua franca. Q'eqchi today retain their magical beliefs and practices. Expressions like the dances of deer, of Cortez or the Viejitos, highlighted in many stocks. The marimba resonators bamboo flute and the drum sets or whistle, but on the entire set of harp, violin and guitar, recalls the process of conquest and Moor-European instrumental adoption. The culinary Q'eqchi 'has achieved a place on the national stage. Ik kaq soup, made with red chile and achiote accompanying turkey meat or turkey and corn tamales, is coveted in the area and outside their sphere. Taking its name, the connotation of human rights work and intercultural mediation conducted by Bartolomé de las Casas, the Guatemalan Institute of Hispanic Culture (now the Cultural Center of Spain in Guatemala) has awarded several times the Award Verapaz Guatemala committed to the promotion of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Among others Helen Mack, Bishop Gerardi and Efraín Recinos. The Alta Verapaz is divided into 17 municipalities: Coban San Pedro Carchá San Juan Chamelco San Cristobal Verapaz Tactic Tucurú Tamahu Panzós Senahu Cahabón Lanquín Chahal Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Chisec Santa Cruz Verapaz Santa Catalina La Tinta Panzós officially segregated but have not published their territorial limits. Raxruhá currently in training, Enacted by Decree 10-2008 of the Congress, currently is studying its future boundaries. |
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