Just like the flag, our national shield was promulgated by General Miguel Granados Garcìa, according to a decree of August 17, 1871.
Weapons of the republic is a shield with 2 rifles and swords 2 gold linked with laurel branches in azure field. At the center, a scroll that contains the foll ...
09.6.08 | History, Patriotic symbols | Read more
Festivals holders
Municipality
date
Pattern
Salamá
Cubulco
El Chol
Granados
Purulhá
Rabinal
San Jerónimo
San Miguel Chicáj
17-09
25-07
08-12
29-06
13-06
25-01
30-09
29-09
San Mateo
Santiago Apóstol
Virgen de Concepción
San Pedro
San Antonio de Pádul ...
09.5.08 | History | Read more
Baja Verapaz has 8 municipalities, which are described below
Rabinal
Located in the western portion of the department of Baja Verapaz and settled on the valley Urrán. Rabinal has a land area of 504 km², a height of 982 m above sea level and its population is 20, 771 inhabitants. Fray Bart ...
09.4.08 | History | Read more
This is the best preserved biological corridor and the reserve richest biodiversity in Guatemala, as a transitional zone. It is made up of a mountain range with elevations ranging from 150 to 3000 meters above sea level, steep hills covered with a vast cloak of vegetation, punctuated by torrents o ...
09.3.08 | History | Read more
Baja Verapaz is located in the central area of the Republic, at an altitude of 2617 meters above sea level. Its land area of 3124 square kilometers is equivalent to 2.9% of the national territory. This department was created on May 4, 1877, when divided the Region of the Verapaces. 57% of th ...
09.2.08 | History | Read more