Petén Department
Petén Department
Departamento de Petén | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 16°54′N 89°54′W / 16.900°N 89.900°W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Capital | Flores |
| Municipalities | 14 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental |
| Area | |
| 35,854 km2 (13,843 sq mi) | |
| Population (mid 2018) | |
| 595,548 | |
| • Urban | 110,399 |
| • Ethnicities | Ladino Mopan Lacandon Itza Q'eqchi' |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism |
| Time zone | UTC-6 |
| ISO 3166 code | GT-PE |
| Languages | Spanish |
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Petén (from the Itz'a, Noj Petén, 'Great Island') is a department of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest by area – at 35,854 km2 (13,843 sq mi) it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area. The capital is Flores. The population at the mid-2018 official estimate was 595,548.