Poptún
Poptún is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It covers an area of 1,128 km2, and had a population of 35,663 at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid-2012) was 64,988. It is some 385 km from Guatemala City. Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the home of the Guatemalan Army's elite Kaibiles special operations force.
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| Coordinates: 16°19′20″N 89°25′20″W | |
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| • Mayor | Kevin Duque[1] (UCN) |
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Geographic location
Poptún is in the southeast part of Petén Department and communicates with the rest of the Republic of Guatemala via a 100-km highway to Flores.
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See also
References
- "Elecciones de Guatemala de 2011" (PDF). Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Guatemala. 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Municipios del Departamento de El Petén". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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