Cobán

Summary

Cobán is a municipality of Guatemala^[1]. Cobán ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_guatemala entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cobán is located in Alta Verapaz Department^[3].
• Cobán is in the country of Guatemala^[4].
• Cobán's instance of is recorded as municipality of Guatemala^[5].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Ixcán^[6].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Chisec^[7].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Santa Cruz Verapaz^[8].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Tactic^[9].
• Cobán's twinned administrative body is recorded as Birmingham^[10].
• Cobán's twinned administrative body is recorded as Quetzaltenango^[11].
• Cobán's postal code is recorded as 16001^[12].
• Cobán's Commons category is recorded as Cobán^[13].
• Cobán's patron saint is recorded as Saint Dominic^[14].
• Cobán's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00^[15].
• Cobán's local dialing code is recorded as 502^[16].
• August 4, 1543 marks the founding of Cobán^[17].
• Cobán's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.483333333333, 'lon': -90.366666666667}^[18].
• Cobán's official website is recorded as https://municoban.com/^[19].
• Cobán's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cobán^[20].
• Cobán's Commons gallery is recorded as Cobán^[21].
• Cobán has a population of {'amount': '+228664'}^[22].
• Cobán's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Cobán's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Cobán's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[25].
• Cobán's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Cobán's capital of is recorded as Alta Verapaz Department^[27].

Body

Geography

Cobán is in the country of Guatemala^[4]. Cobán is located in Alta Verapaz Department^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Cobán covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2132'}^[28]. Cobán sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1320'}^[29]. Cobán has a population of {'amount': '+228664'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Cobán's instance of is recorded as municipality of Guatemala^[5].

History and Context

August 4, 1543 marks the founding of Cobán^[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cobán include Solanum cobanense^[30], a taxon^[31].

Why It Matters

Cobán ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_guatemala entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).^[2] Cobán has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Cobán is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Cobán include Solanum cobanense^[30], a taxon^[31].