Editing Cobán (section)

===Franja Transversal del Norte===
{{Main article|Franja Transversal del Norte}}

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The Northern Transverse Strip was officially created during the government of General Carlos Arana Osorio in 1970, by Legislative Decree 60–70, for agricultural development.<ref name=wikiguate>{{cite web|url=http://wikiguate.com.gt/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte|website=Wikiguate|title=Franja Transversal del Norte|access-date=30 October 2014|location=Guatemala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704175847/http://wikiguate.com.gt/wiki/Franja_Transversal_del_Norte#|archive-date=2014-07-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> The decree literally said: "It is of public interest and national emergency, the establishment of Agrarian Development Zones in the area included within the municipalities: San Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista, [[Nentón]], Jacaltenango, [[San Mateo Ixtatán]], and Santa Cruz Barillas in [[Huehuetenango (department)|Huehuetenango]]; [[Chajul]] and San Miguel [[Uspantán]] in Quiché; Cobán, [[Chisec]], [[San Pedro Carchá]], [[Lanquín]], [[Senahú]], [[Cahabón]] and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal."{{sfn|Solano|2012|p=15}}