Petén Department

E86613
department of Guatemala

Petén Department is the largest and northernmost region of Guatemala, known for its vast tropical forests and major Maya archaeological sites such as Tikal.

Aliases (2)
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Guatemala →
bordersCountry Belize NERFINISHED →
Mexico →
bordersDepartment Alta Verapaz Department →
Izabal Department →
capital Flores →
contains Aguateca →
Ceibal →
Dolores, Petén →
Dos Pilas →
El Chal →
El Mirador →
La Libertad, Petén →
Laguna del Tigre National Park →
Lake Petén Itzá →
Las Cruces, Petén →
Las Flores, Petén →
Maya Biosphere Reserve →
Melchor de Mencos →
Nakbé →
Petén Basin →
Poptún →
San Andrés, Petén →
San Benito, Petén →
San Francisco, Petén →
San José, Petén →
San Luis, Petén →
San Miguel, Petén →
Santa Ana, Petén →
Sayaxché →
Sierra del Lacandón National Park →
Tikal →
Tikal National Park →
Uaxactún →
Yaxhá →
Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park →
country Guatemala NERFINISHED →
hasClimate tropical climate →
hasEcoregion Maya Forest →
hasIndigenousLanguage Itzaʼ Maya →
Lacandon Maya →
Mopan Maya →
Qʼeqchiʼ →
historicalRegionOf Itzaʼ Maya people →
knownFor Maya archaeological sites →
biodiversity →
tropical rainforest →
largestDepartmentByAreaIn Guatemala NERFINISHED →
location northern Guatemala →
officialLanguage Spanish →
partOf Maya Lowlands →
timeZone Central Standard Time →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin Tikal National Park →
Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Guatemala →
contains
Usumacinta River →
flowsThrough
Tikal →
locatedIn
Fuego ("Sacatepéquez Department") →
region
National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala ("Petén region") →
regionOfFocus
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