Poptún

Poptún
Poptún

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 16°19′20″N 89°25′20″W / 16.32222°N 89.42222°W / 16.32222; -89.42222
Country Guatemala
Department El Petén
Government
  Mayor Kevin Duque[1] (UCN)
Climate Am

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.

Geographic location

Poptún is in southeast part of Petén Department and communicates with the rest of the Republic of Guatemala thru a 100 km highway to Flores.

References

  1. "Elecciones de Guatemala de 2011" (PDF). Prensa Libre (in Spanish) (Guatemala). 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Municipios del Departamento de El Petén". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

Coordinates: 16°19′19″N 89°25′19″W / 16.322°N 89.422°W / 16.322; -89.422


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