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A map of Guatemala. ... Major lakes (lagos) in Guatemala Lake Location Department (state administrative district) Amatitlán: 14.4500 -90.5667 (14°27'N ~ 90°34'W)
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Tikal National Park: Petén Department. Mixed (i) (iii) (iv) (ix) (x) 1979 In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D.
Coatepeque (Spanish pronunciation: [koateˈpeke]), also known as Village of gardenias, is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. According to the 2018 census, the town of Coatepeque had a population of 37,330. [2] Coatepeque sits near the Suchiate River and is a transportation center on the Pacific Coast Highway. [3]
Premiere Club is a skyscraper in Guatemala City, Guatemala located at 4a. Avenida Final x Calle 23, in Zone14. As of 2020, it is the tallest building in Guatemala at 100.75 m (330.5 ft). [1] The building has 31 floors and was completed in 1999. [citation needed]
The location of Guatemala An enlargeable map of the Republic of Guatemala. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guatemala: . Guatemala – sovereign country located in Central America bordering Mexico to the northwest, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast.
Petén (from the itz'a, Noj Petén, 'Great Island') is a department of Guatemala.It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest by area – at 35,854 km 2 (13,843 sq mi) it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area.
Map of Petén Department, showing principal settlements and archaeological sites.. Later, Petén became the heartland of the Maya Classic Period (c. 200 – 900 CE). At its height around 750 it is estimated that the Petén Basin was home to several million people, being one of the most densely populated regions of the world at the time.
The Map was built in 18 months, from April 19, 1904 to October 29, 1905, with brick, mortar and a cement lining by the Guatemalan lieutenant colonel and engineer Francisco Vela on behalf of the then President of Guatemala Manuel Estrada Cabrera with the support of engineer Claudio Urrutia, who already had the topographical data of the Republic of Guatemala.