Chamá

Chamá lies at the meeting of the Chixoy and Tsalbha rivers in the highlands of Alta Verapaz. The river valley connects the mountains with the lowlands of Petén. A Maya settlement flourished here in the Classic period, leaving pottery distinguished by brightly painted scenes and bands of black and yellow. Its position on the Chixoy placed it within a network of communities linked by the rivers that cut through the rugged country.

The later city of Cobán lies here.