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Boca del Monte Destination Guide

Explore Boca del Monte in Guatemala

Boca del Monte in the region of Petén is a town in Guatemala - some 146 mi or ( 235 km ) North-East of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Boca del Monte is now 08:12 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Dangriga, Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, and Santa Tecla. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Dangriga . Where to go and what to see in Boca del Monte ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Dolores, El Petén

Dolores is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It contains 26,269 people. The municipality includes the Maya archaeological sites of Ixkun, Ixtutz, Ixtonton and El Chal. The town is home to the Museo Regional del Sureste de Petén.

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Located at 16.51 -89.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Petén Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Museo Regional del Sureste de Petén

The Museo Regional del Sureste de Petén ("Southeastern Petén Regional Museum") is an archaeological museum in the town of Dolores in the Petén Department of Guatemala. The museum is located 82 kilometres from Flores, the departmental capital, among the Maya Mountains in an area rich in archaeological sites. It is open daily from 8am to 5pm.

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Located at 16.52 -89.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 2005 establishments in Guatemala, Archaeological museums in Guatemala, Art museums established in 2005, Mesoamerican art museums, Museums in Guatemala, Petén Department

Ixtonton

Ixtonton is a Maya archaeological site in the department of Petén in northern Guatemala. It is located in the northwestern portion of the Maya Mountains in the municipality of Dolores. The ruins are situated approximately 2 kilometres east of the town of Dolores itself. Ixtonton was the capital city of one of the four Maya kingdoms in the upper Mopan Valley. The site was occupied from the Late Preclassic period (c. 400 BC – AD 200) through to the Terminal Classic (c.

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Located at 16.50 -89.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Maya sites in Petén Department

Ixkun

Ixkun (Ixcún or Ixkún in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site, situated in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It lies to the north of the town of Dolores, in the modern-day department of Petén, Guatemala. It is a large site containing many unrestored mounds and ruins and is the best known archaeological site within the municipality of Dolores.

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Located at 16.57 -89.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Classic period in Mesoamerica, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department

Poptún

Poptún is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It has a population of 30,386. It is some 385 km from Guatemala City. Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the home of the Guatemalan Army's élite Kaibiles special operations force.

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Located at 16.32 -89.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Petén Department, Populated places in Guatemala