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Isla de Flores [1] [2] is an island located in Lake Petén Itzá, belongs to the Petén Department, Guatemala. The city of Flores is located on this island, which is part of the head of this department, next to the town of Santa Elena de la Cruz. It was formerly known by the natives as "Noj Petén" (also written "Noh Petén") which means "Big ...
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Flores is the capital of the Petén Department, Guatemala's landlocked, northernmost department. The population was 45,560 in 2023. The population was 45,560 in 2023. Flores is the seat of the municipality of Flores (population 22,600).
The Tayasal archaeological site is situated on a peninsula on Lake Petén Itzá a short distance to the north of the modern town of Flores, [3] separated from it by a 270-metre (890 ft) wide stretch of water, [4] and falls within the municipality of Flores, in the department of Petén in northern Guatemala. [5]
Rank City/Town Population Department 1 Guatemala City: 1,221,739 Guatemala: 2 Villa Nueva: 618,397 Guatemala: 3 Mixco: 465,773 Guatemala: 4 Cobán: 212,047
Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 2.1391 degrees. At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0107 degrees per pixel. At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0021 degrees per pixel. Examples using location map templates Location map, using default map (image)
A road was opened up to Flores, although it was unpaved, and the notorious bus trip to Flores was known to take up to 24 hours to travel the 500 kilometres (300 mi). Small airports were built at Flores and Tikal, bringing tourists to the region. In the early 1970s a road was opened from Tikal to Belize. The first paved road in Petén was built ...
The project, founded in 1994, started with over 300 Guatemalan workers and 12 scientists. The first work carried out was at Topoxte, an island within the lake of Yaxha. Here you find the only exposed architecture of the Maya Postclassic period in the whole Petén Basin. One of the temples, so called Temple C, was near to its collapse.