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Flores, Petén
Place in El Petén, Guatemala / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flores is the capital of the Petén Department, Guatemala's landlocked, northernmost department. The population is 13,700 (2003).
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![]() Aerial view of Flores, with the island of Flores on the foreground | |
Coordinates: 16°55′47″N 89°53′30″W | |
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• Mayor | Armando Aragón |
Population (2023) | |
• City | 45,560 |
• Urban | 20,464 |
Climate | Am |
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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).
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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.