A new tobacco production area in the land of the Maya

摘要

The tropical forests of northern Guatemala have hidden some of the great archaeological monuments of the ancient Maya, the indigenous inhabitants of the country.rnApparently, they have been hiding some good tobacco land also. The Maya's descendants are getting the chance to show that they can grow good burley in a new tobacco production area is making its commercial debut this season. Most of the region is located in Guatemala's big northern departamento (state) of Peten, with a little of the production area lapping over into the neighboring departmehto of El Quiche, especially around the municipal area of Ixcan. The whole region borders on the Mexican state of Chiapas.rnAlliance One Tabaco Guatemala-one of the two leaf companies operating in Guatemala, along with Universal-went out looking for a new area because there had been a problem in the two existing areas of production, the Zacapa Valley and the South Coast.