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Pico de Oro Destination Guide

Explore Pico de Oro in Mexico

Pico de Oro in the region of Chiapas is a town in Mexico - some 610 mi or ( 981 km ) East of Mexico City , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Pico de Oro is now 08:57 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, San Salvador, San Juan Acul, San Benito, and Huehuetenango. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Pico de Oro ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Peavey Classic 30 Sound

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aventura en guate cuatro

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final clip. ruins in tikal and the bugs that dance there. I wish i had zoomed in so you could see them, but they just looked like teeny brown bugs. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

La Corona

La Corona is the name given by archaeologists to an ancient Maya court residence in Guatemala's Petén department that was discovered in 1996, and later identified as the long-sought "Site Q", the source of a long series of unprovenanced limestone reliefs of exceptional artistic quality. The site's Classical name appears to have been Sak-Nikte' ('White-Flower').

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Located at 16.51 -90.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department

Dos Pilas

Dos Pilas is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in what is now the department of Petén, Guatemala. It dates to the Late Classic Period, being founded by an offshoot of the dynasty of the great city of Tikal in AD 629 in order to control trade routes in the Petexbatún region, particularly the Pasión River.

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Located at 16.45 -90.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: 761 disestablishments, Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Classic period in Mesoamerica, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Mesoamerican pyramids, Petén Department, States and territories established in 629

La Amelia

La Amelia is a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site near Itzan, in the lower Pasión River region of the Petén Department of Guatemala. It formed a polity in the Late Classic (AD 600 to 830), and was involved in the war between Tikal and Calakmul followed, in 650, by the take over of Dos Pilas, leading to centuries of war until this region collapsed around 830, being the first of the Classic sites in this area to be abandoned.

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Located at 16.53 -90.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department

Altar de Sacrificios

Altar de Sacrificios is a ceremonial center and archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, situated near the confluence of the Pasión and Salinas Rivers (where they combine to form the Usumacinta River), in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala.

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Located at 16.47 -90.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department

Pasión River

The Pasión River (Spanish: Río de la Pasión) is a river located in the northern lowlands region of Guatemala. The river is fed by a number of upstream tributaries whose sources lie in the hills of Alta Verapaz. These flow in a general northerly direction to form the Pasión, which then tends westwards to meet up with the Salinas River at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:16|28|52|N|90|32|39|W|type:landmark_region:GT | |name=Convergence Salinas and Pasión rivers }}.

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Located at 16.48 -90.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Geography of Mesoamerica, Petén Department, Rivers of Guatemala