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    Petén (from the itz'a, Noj Petén, 'Great Island') is a department of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well...
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    Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén (formerly a territorial prelature). The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Petén Itzá, connected to the...
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    AD) Maya settlement, located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala. It is part of the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin of northern...
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    Bethel is a small border town in northern Guatemala located on the bank of the Usumacinta River, almost across which is the small town Frontera Corozal...
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  • 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)...
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    Ingenieros, El Quiché Frontera Corozal, Chiapas - Bethel, El Petén El Ceibo, Tabasco – El Ceibo, El Petén El Martillo, Tabasco – El Naranjo, El Petén Belize–Mexico...
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    The Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus de El Petén) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of...
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  • The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of the Maya Lowlands, primarily located in northern Guatemala within the Department of El Petén, and into...
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    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...
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    Santa Ana is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It contains 7,792 people. 16°48′25″N 89°49′38″W / 16.8069°N 89.8272°W / 16.8069;...
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  • Egypt Toniná pyramid 74 243 Chiapas, Mexico La Danta 72 236 c. 400BC El Petén, Guatemala Great Pyramid of Cholula 66 217 9th century AD Cholula, Mexico...
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  • 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...
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    William; David Stuart; Karl Taube (2005). The Murals of San Bartolo, El Petén, Guatemala, Part I: The North Wall. Ancient America 7. Taube, Karl; William...
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    "Entre el centro y la periferia en la tierra de los Señores "Ik": Investigaciones recientes en sitios satélites de Motul de San José, Petén" (PDF). XVIII...
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    bordered to the north by El Petén, to the east by Izabal, to the south by Zacapa, El Progreso, and Baja Verapaz, and to the west by El Quiché. Also in Alta...
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    The site is situated in the Petén Basin, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Flores, in the department of El Petén of northern Guatemala. It is...
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    "Ley de Idiomas Nacionales, Decreto Número 19-2003" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Congreso de la República de Guatemala. Archived from the original (PDF) on...
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  • in San Andrés Tuxtla. Other filming by second-unit crews took place in El Petén, Guatemala. The film was originally slated for an August 4, 2006, release...
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    San Luis is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. The municipality is rectangle-shaped and is approximately 2,915 km squared. It contains...
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    Maya populations existed in Petén before the conquest, particularly around the central lakes and along the rivers. Petén was divided into different Maya...
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    National Capital and Departmental Capital Cancuén Dos Pilas El Baul Iximche Kaminaljuyu Machaquila El Mirador La Joyanca Mixco Viejo Naranjo Nakbé Piedras Negras...
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    San Benito is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It covers an area of 112 km2, and had 29,926 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the...
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  • Laguna del Tigre El Petén Laguna El Pino Santa Rosa Las Victorias Alta Verapaz Los Aposentos Chimaltenango Mirador Río Azul El Petén Naciones Unidas Guatemala...
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  • Libertad (Spanish pronunciation: [la liβeɾˈtað]) is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It contains 79,416 people and has abundant oil...
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    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...
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    Maya civilization located in the upper drainage of the Mopan River, in the Petén department of Guatemala. The city occupied an important trade route through...
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  • Salvador, El Salvador Santa Elena, Usulután, El Salvador Santa Elena, El Petén, Guatemala Santa Elena, La Paz, Honduras Santa Elena, El Petén, Guatemala...
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  • Francisco (Spanish pronunciation: [saɱ fɾanˈsisko]) is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. The municipality has a population of 8,066 people...
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  • Dolores (section El Salvador)
    a village in Belize District Dolores, Tolima Dolores, Cabañas Dolores, El Petén Dolores Hidalgo, a town in Guanajuato Misión Nuestra Señora de los Dolores...
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    of the peninsula is in the Petén–Veracruz moist forests ecoregion, an evergreen rain forest. Northern Guatemala (El Petén), Mexico (Campeche and Quintana...
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