Verapaz, Guatemala

Province of Verapaz
Provincia de la Verapaz (Spanish)
Province of Kingdom of Guatemala
1544–1821
Flag of Verapaz
CapitalCobán
Population 
• ca 1550
ca 52,000
• 1577
ca 3,000
Government
 • TypeMonarchy
Sovereign 
• 1544-1556
Charles I / first
• 1813-1821
Ferdinand VII / last
Provincial head 
• 1544-1550
Bartolomé de las Casas / first
LegislatureAudiencia of Guatemala / 1544-1564; 1570-1821
Audiencia of Mexico / 1564-1570
Historical eraSpanish colonisation to Latin American independence
• Established
1544
• Disestablished
1821
Today part ofBelize / de jure
Guatemala
Native name per Luján Muñoz 2005a, p. 693 and de la Puente Brunke & Guevara Gil 2008, p. 587. Start date per Luján Muñoz 2005a, p. 695. Capital per Luján Muñoz 2005a, p. 695. Population per Luján Muñoz 2005b, pp. 292, 322. Provincial leaders per xx. Legislature per de la Puente Brunke & Guevara Gil 2008, pp. 556–557, 561 and Luján Muñoz 2005b, pp. 99–100.

Verapaz, formerly Tezulutlan, was a second order subdivision of the former Kingdom of Guatemala, itself a constituent part of New Spain.[n 1]
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