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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]
San Andrés | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 16°58′03″N 89°54′37″W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Depairtment | El Petén |
Municipality | San Andrés |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipal |
Area | |
• Municipality | 8874 km2 (3,426 sq mi) |
Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population (Census 2002) | |
• Municipality | 20,295 |
• Urban | 5,740 |
• Ethnicities | Q’eqchi Ladino |
• Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
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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