Cobán

Summary

Cobán is a municipality of Guatemala^[1]. Cobán ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_guatemala entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cobán is located in Alta Verapaz Department^[3].
• Cobán is in the country of Guatemala^[4].
• Cobán's image is recorded as Cobán.jpg^[5].
• Cobán's instance of is recorded as municipality of Guatemala^[6].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Ixcán^[7].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Chisec^[8].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Santa Cruz Verapaz^[9].
• Cobán's shares border with is recorded as Tactic^[10].
• Cobán's twinned administrative body is recorded as Birmingham^[11].
• Cobán's twinned administrative body is recorded as Quetzaltenango^[12].
• Cobán's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154772564^[13].
• Cobán's GND ID is recorded as 10020416-8^[14].
• Cobán's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80138132^[15].
• Cobán's postal code is recorded as 16001^[16].
• Cobán's Commons category is recorded as Cobán^[17].
• Cobán's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4557541^[18].
• Cobán's patron saint is recorded as Saint Dominic^[19].
• Cobán's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00^[20].
• Cobán's local dialing code is recorded as 502^[21].
• +1543-08-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cobán^[22].
• Cobán's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.483333333333, 'lon': -90.366666666667}^[23].
• Cobán's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0146p2^[24].
• Cobán's official website is recorded as https://municoban.com/^[25].
• Cobán's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cobán^[26].
• Cobán's Commons gallery is recorded as Cobán^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Cobán's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2132'}^[28]. Cobán's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1320'}^[29]. Cobán's population is recorded as {'amount': '+228664'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Cobán's instance of is recorded as municipality of Guatemala^[6].

History and Context

+1543-08-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cobán^[22].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cobán include Solanum cobanense^[31], a taxon^[32].

Why It Matters

Cobán ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_guatemala entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2] Cobán has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Cobán is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Cobán include Solanum cobanense^[31], a taxon^[32].