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Purucila Destination Guide

Touring Purucila in Guatemala

Purucila in the region of Petén is a city located in Guatemala - some 159 mi or ( 255 km ) North of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Purucila

Time in Purucila is now 03:40 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, San Miguel, and San Juan de Dios. Being here already, consider visiting Belmopan . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Purucila ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Crystal Skulls, of Atitlan (Atlantis)

5:55 min by crystalskulls
Views: 8297 Rating: 4.83

Guatemala. The Story begins and the secrets of the Crystal skulls from Tikal. A Segment from the "Second Greatest Story Ever Told" ..

25 7 08 GUATEMALA Peten SANTA ANA

4:10 min by AmirREGGAETON
Views: 3291 Rating: 5.00

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Santa Ana, Peten, Guatemala

0:30 min by AmirREGGAETON
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Guatemala - Tikal

0:50 min by Enrico Massetti
Views: 259 Rating: 5.00

Taking a private plane from Guatemala City to visit the ruins of Tikal in 1987 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Santa Ana, El Petén

Santa Ana is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It contains 7,792 people.

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Located at 16.81 -89.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Petén Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Flores, El Petén

Flores is the capital of the Petén department of Guatemala. It is located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:16|54|N|89|54|W||| | |name= }}. The population is 13,700 (2003). Flores is also the seat of the municipality of Flores (population 22,600). The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Peten Itza, connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland is the suburb Santa Elena and, to the West, a contiguous municipality San Benito.

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Located at 16.90 -89.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Petén Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Petén Basin

The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of Mesoamerica, located in the northern portion of the modern-day nation of Guatemala, and essentially contained within the department of El Petén. During the Late Preclassic and Classic periods of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology many major centers of the Maya civilization flourished, such as Tikal, and a distinctive Petén-style of Maya architecture and inscriptions arose.

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Located at 16.90 -89.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Geography of Guatemala, Geography of Mesoamerica, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department

Santa Elena, El Petén

Santa Elena is located on the shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of Guatemala. It is connected by a causeway to its sister town of Flores (the capital of the Petén department) and the two are often referred to as just Flores. It is the location for Flores International Airport, which is located just outside the town.

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Located at 16.92 -89.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Petén Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Tayasal (archaeological site)

Tayasal is a Maya archaeological site located in present day Guatemala. Tayasal is a corruption of Tah Itza ("Place of the Itza"), a term originally used to refer to the core of the Itza territory in Petén. The bulk of the site’s artifacts date to the Postclassic Period. As many as fifty burials and twelve caches have been recovered from Tayasal.

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Located at 16.93 -89.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department