Flores, Petén
Flores is the capital of the Petén Department, Guatemala's landlocked, northernmost department. The population is 13,700 (2003).
Flores | |
|---|---|
Aerial view of Flores, with the island of Flores on the foreground | |
Flores Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 16°55′47″N 89°53′30″W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | El Petén |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Armando Aragón |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 13,700 |
| Climate | Am |
Flores is the seat of the municipality of Flores (population 22,600).
Its Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá is the cathedral episcopal seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén (formerly a territorial prelature).
The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Petén Itzá, connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland is the suburb Santa Elena and, to the West, the contiguous municipality of San Benito. The municipality of Flores also includes a wide swathe of rural territory stretching north from Lake Petén Itzá to the Mexican border.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.