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The Izabal Department surrounds Lake Izabal (or Lago de Izabal), which is Guatemala's largest lake (about 48 km long and 24 km wide, with an area of about 590 km 2). The Spanish Colonial fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the Río Dulce.
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Module:Location map/data/Guatemala Izabal is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Izabal Department. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.
The Castillo de San Felipe was built to protect the port of San Antonio de las Bodegas on the south shore of Lake Izabal from frequent pirate attacks, [10] mostly by English pirates. [2] After nightfall, passage along the river into the lake was blocked by a large chain that crossed from the fort to the far bank. [ 2 ]
Ciudad de Guatemala: 220 995 363 4 524.37 5 Fraijanes: 96 63 721 667.38 6 Mixco: 132 ... Izabal 9 038 446 461 49.61; Jalapa. N. Municipalities Area (km 2) ...
Before roads and railroads, Lake Izabal was the link between Alta Verapaz and the rest of the world. What is now known as "El Estor" was the landing and trading post for cargo and travelers to frontier towns such as Cobán.