Poptun

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Poptun
Coordinates: 16 ° 19 ′  N , 89 ° 25 ′  W
Map: Guatemala
marker
Poptun​
Poptun on the map of Guatemala
Basic data
Country Guatemala
Department El Peten
City foundation 1927
Residents 35,000  (2002)
- in the metropolitan area 20,000
Detailed data
surface 1766 km 2
Population density 20 people / km 2
height 500  m
Waters Ríos Ixpasás, St. María
Post Code 17012
Time zone UTC −6
City patron San Pedro Mártir de Verona (Festival: April 21-29)
Peténs map
Peténs map

Poptún is a small town in Guatemala with around 20,000 inhabitants . Poptún is located in the southeast of the department Petén and is the administrative seat of the large municipality ( Municipio ) Poptún, which extends over 1,766 km² and has over 35,000 inhabitants.

Location and climate

The city is located about 370 km northeast of Guatemala City on the CA 13 highway, which branches off the CA 9 Atlantic highway near Lake Izabal and leads through the tropical lowlands of the Peten to Flores and on to Belize . The municipality is located in a pine forest area, which has now been severely decimated, between 400 and 600 meters above sea level. It is bordered by Dolores to the north and west , San Luis to the south, and Belize to the east.

Temperatures range between 10 and 32 ° C, humidity is around 80 percent, and annual rainfall is around 1,700 mm.

Economy and tourism

Poptún is located on a very important traffic axis through Peten, about halfway between Lake Izabal in the south and Lake Peten-Itzá in the north and their tourist attractions such as Río Dulce and Tikal . Poptún therefore benefits somewhat from through traffic. There are several hotels. Agriculture and forestry also play an important role.

Poptún has an airfield for general aviation that is also used by the military. At Poptún there is a base of the special forces of the armed forces of Guatemala .

history

Poptun is one of the youngest communities in Guatemala. The place on the trunk road built in 1927 was run as Colonia Agrícola in 1945 and only raised to a municipality in 1966. Poptún is now the center of the southeastern Petén.

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