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Dolores Destination Guide

Discover Dolores in Guatemala

Dolores in the region of Petén with its 10,604 habitants is a place located in Guatemala - some 149 mi or ( 239 km ) North-East of New Guatemala , the country's capital .

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Local time in Dolores is now 07:04 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Dangriga, Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, and Santa Tecla. When in this area, you might want to check out Dangriga . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Dolores ? 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 0 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 0 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 3 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 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Classic period in Mesoamerica, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department

Mopan River

Mopan River is a river in Guatemala and the Cayo district in western Belize near the border with Guatemala. The Mopan River discharges to the Belize River as the Mopan merges with the Macal River; the Belize River in turn terminates at the Caribbean Sea. The Belize River/Mopan River Catchment contains over 45 percent of the human population of Belize. A hand cranked vehicle ferry boat conveys visitors to the Xunantunich site across the turbid Mopan River.

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Located at 16.46 -89.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Belize River, Mopan River, Rivers of Belize, Rivers of Guatemala