Departamento del Peten (Departamento del Petén), Petén

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Departamento del Petén at a glance

Departamento del Petén currently has 6 quality-checked populated place pages and 7 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Mapped cities & towns

6

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County pages

7

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Largest city

San Benito

Population 30,764

Top linked places

San Benito 30,764 Poptún 17,320 Melchor de Mencos 11,457 Sayaxché 9,100

Country	Guatemala
State	Petén (Guatemala)
Area	35854 km2
Latitude & Longitude	16.8333,-90.0000
Capital	Flores
Establishment	May 08, 1866 (159 years ago)
Time Zone	UTC−06:00
Local time	04:47:24 (17th April 2026)

Geography

Departamento del Petén is located at 16°49'60"N 90°0'0"W (16.8333300, -90.0000000).

The largest city of Departamento del Petén is San Benito with a population of 30,764. . See all Departamento del Petén cities & populated places.