Lake Petén Itzá (Lago Petén Itzá, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlaɣo peˈten iˈtsa]) is a lake in the northern Petén Department in Guatemala. It is the third...

city upon Lake Petén Itzá; it has developed into the modern town of Flores, which is the capital of the Petén department of Guatemala. The Itza spoke a...

territorial prelature). The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Petén Itzá, connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland is...

Mesoamerica and a center of the Maya civilization Lake Petén Itzá, a lake in the Petén Basin region Peten Itza kingdom, a kingdom in modern-day Central America...

on Lake Petén Itzá, and nearby portions of Belize where they form an ethnic minority. According to the census of 2002, there are 1,983 ethnic Itza, who...

western end of Lake Petén Itzá to an enthusiastic welcome by the local Itza. The following day, the current Aj Kan Ek' travelled across the lake with eighty...

Noh Petén, and also known as Tayasal) was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá. It was located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the...

Petén (from the itz'a, Noj Petén, 'Great Island') is a department of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well...

city upon Lake Petén Itzá; it has developed into the modern town of Flores, which is the capital of the Petén department of Guatemala. The Itza spoke a...

Isla de Flores is an island located in Lake Petén Itzá, belongs to the Petén Department, Guatemala. The city of Flores is located on this island, which...

was the name or title used by the Itza Maya kings at their island capital Nojpetén upon Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén Department of Guatemala. The full...

various Mayan languages, including Itzaʼ. Itzaʼ is spoken on the north shore of Lake Petén Itzá in San José, Petén Department, Guatemala. Among the ethnic...

shore of Lake Petén Itzá, but quickly retreated back to Guatemala. Martín de Urzúa y Arizmendi arrived on the western shore of Lake Petén Itzá with his...

El Remate is a rural village located on the eastern tip of Lake Petén Itzá in Petén, Guatemala, Central America. It has a population of approximately 2...

powerful polity in the Petén lowlands of northern Guatemala, centred on their capital Nojpetén, on an island in Lake Petén Itzá. The second polity in importance...

central Petén, alongside the Kowoj and the Itza. At its height, this territory would have extended from the eastern shore of Lake Petén Itzá to Tipuj...

the Petén Itzá and Salpetén lakes, in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala. The site was an important port with access to Lake Petén Itzá via the...

independent Maya stronghold, Nojpetén, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the northern Petén Basin region of present-day Guatemala. He served as governor...

department of El Petén in Guatemala. The municipality is formed by the town of San Andrés, located on the north-western shore of Lake Petén Itzá, and 55 rural...

contact with the Spanish as the latter opened a route southwards towards Lake Petén Itzá. The Kejache occupied a region that is now crossed by the border between...

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shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of Guatemala. It is connected by a causeway to its sister town of Flores (the capital of the Petén department)...

cities. Nixtun-Chʼichʼ stands on the western edge of Lake Petén Itzá. It is bordered by the lake to the south and east; by karstic hills to the north;...

during a skirmish between the Yucatec Spanish and the Itza on the west shore of Lake Petén Itzá. The Itza high priest AjKin Kan Ekʼ later related that he had...

Empire, was founded. Lake Petén Itzá, in northern Guatemala, is notable as where the last independent Maya city, Tayasal (or Noh Petén), held out against...

(known anciently as Ik'a', 'Windy Water') located just north of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It is a few kilometres...

1697 the Spanish conquered the Itzá, and in 1707 forcibly resettled the inhabitants of Tipu in the area of Lake Petén Itzá. In 1717, after the British settlement...

from Telchaquillo who conquered Chichen Itzá and founded the Cocom dynasty. While the rulers of Chichen Itzá were in part descendants of Toltec outsiders...

The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of the Maya Lowlands, primarily located in northern Guatemala within the Department of El Petén, and into...

is a municipality in the Petén Department of Guatemala. It contains 3,602 people. It lies on the north shore of Lake Petén Itzá and is located a few kilometers...