San Andrés, El Petén

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San Andrés
Municipality
San Andrés is located in Guatemala
San Andrés
San Andrés
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 16°58′03″N 89°54′37″W / 16.96750°N 89.91028°W / 16.96750; -89.91028
Kintra Guatemala
DepairtmentEl Petén
MunicipalitySan Andrés
Govrenment
 • TeepMunicipal
Area
 • Municipality8874 km2 (3,426 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (Census 2002)
 • Municipality20,295
 • Urban
5,740
 • Ethnicities
Q’eqchi Ladino
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya

San Andrés is a municipality in the depairtment o El Petén in Guatemala. The municipality is formit bi the toun o San Andrés, locatit on the north-wastren shore o Lake Petén Itzá, an 55 rural commonties, wi a tot population o 20,295 fowk (census 2002).[1]

The municipality wis creatit in 1962 an haes a territory 8,874 km², equivalent tae 25% o the depairtment o El Petén. In the 1990s, mair nor 93% (8,288 km²) o the municipalities territory wis declared protectit natur reserve bi the central govrenment.[2]

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  1. "Municipalidad de San Andrés, Petén - Diagnóstico Institucional" (doc) (in Spanish). Guatemala: marn.gob.gt. 2007. Retrieved 26 Julie 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)[deid airtin]
  2. Morales Santizo, Karla Lorena (2008). "Municipio de San Andrés, Departamento de Petén - "Administración del Riesgo"" (PDF) (in Spanish). Guatemala: USAC. Archived frae the original (pdf) on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 26 Julie 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)