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Alta Verapaz (department) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 15.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -90.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Occupied in the 19th century by German immigrants who were granted coffee-planting land; after WW II Germans were expelled and lands nationalized; coffee, corn, beans, sugar cane, and cacao are main crops; earthquake of 1976 caused damage to roads and buildings. |
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| Alta Verapaz (preferred,C,V)
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| Alta Verapaz, Departamento de (C,V)
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| Departamento de Alta Verapaz (C,V,O)
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| GT01 (C,U,FIPS)
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| department (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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