🇬🇹【4K 60fps】 Cobán ~ Walking Tour - Guatemala

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob%C3%A1n
Cobán (from the Q'eqchi' language, means " between clouds ") is a municipality , city and also the head of the Department of Alta Verapaz , located in the Republic of Guatemala 6​ at 1320 meters of altitude. The Metropolitan Conurbation of Cobán is the second largest urban agglomeration in the country and one of the most visited tourist destinations in the country. Currently, Cobán, without counting its metropolitan area, is the fourth most populated city in the country, only surpassed by Guatemala City , Villa Nueva and Mixco .

After the conquest of Guatemala by the Spanish, and the Capitulations of Tezulutlán, it was a doctrine in charge of the Dominican friars , until they had to hand over their doctrines to the secular clergy in 1754. After the Independence of Central America it was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala in 1825.

Due to the concessions granted by the liberal government of General Justo Rufino Barrios at the end of the 19th century , there was a second colonization of the region, this time by German families such as the Diesseldorfs, Thomae and Sapper, among others, who dedicated themselves to cultivation. of coffee on a large scale. Although severely affected following Germany 's defeats in World Wars I and II , descendants of German settlers still have a strong presence in the region.

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