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Petén Depairtment

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El Petén
Depairtment
El Petén
El Petén
Coordinates: 16°54′N 89°54′W / 16.900°N 89.900°W / 16.900; -89.900
Kintra Guatemala
DepairtmentEl Petén
CaipitalFlores
Municipalities12
Govrenment
 • TeepDepartmental
Area
 • Depairtment35854 km2 (13,843 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2002)[1]
 • Depairtment366,735
 • Urban
110,399
 • Ethnicities
Ladino Mopan Lacandon Itza Q'eqchi'
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism
Time zone-6

Petén is a depairtment o the naition o Guatemala. It is geographically the northmaist depairtment o Guatemala, as well as the lairgest in size — at 12,960 square mile (33,600 km2) it accoonts for aboot ane third o Guatemala's aurie. The caipital is Flores. The population in 2005 wis estimatit at 450,000.

  1. "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

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