Flores, Guatemala

E165623

Flores, Guatemala is a small island city on Lake Petén Itzá that serves as the main tourist and transport hub for visiting the nearby ancient Maya ruins of Tikal.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Flores, Petén 11
Flores, Guatemala canonical 5
Flores, Petén, Guatemala 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
capitalOf Petén Department ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
climateClassification Aw (Köppen) ⓘ
connectedTo San Benito, Petén ⓘ
Santa Elena, Petén ⓘ
conqueredBy Spanish in 1697 ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
distanceTo Tikal National Park about 60–70 km ⓘ
elevation approximately 120 m ⓘ
hasActivity boat tours on Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
sunset viewing over the lake ⓘ
hasAirport Mundo Maya International Airport ⓘ
hasPart causeway to mainland Santa Elena ⓘ
historic island center ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Nuestra Señora de los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá church ⓘ
lakefront promenade ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Maya city of Nojpetén ⓘ
islandCity true ⓘ
knownFor cobblestone streets ⓘ
colonial-style architecture ⓘ
lakeside views ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
lastIndependentMayaCapital true ⓘ
localIndigenousLanguages Itzaʼ Maya ⓘ
linked to: Itza Maya

Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
locatedIn Petén Department ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedOn Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
an island in Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
mainAccessRoad CA-13 highway ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Tikal National Park ⓘ
linked to: Tikal

Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo National Park ⓘ
nearbySite Tikal ⓘ
Uaxactún ⓘ
Yaxhá ⓘ
populationRange between 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants (municipality) ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
region northern Guatemala ⓘ
servedBy Mundo Maya International Airport ⓘ
servesAs tourist hub for Tikal ⓘ
transport hub for Tikal ⓘ
transportModeToTikal bus ⓘ
shuttle ⓘ
taxi ⓘ
utcOffset −06:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tikal → hasNearbyModernSettlement → Flores, Guatemala ⓘ
San Benito, Petén → locatedNear → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
San Benito, Petén → borderingMunicipality → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
San Benito, Petén → roadConnectionTo → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
San José, Petén → locatedNear → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
San Francisco, Petén → hasHigherLevelAdministrativeCapital → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
San Francisco, Petén → sharesDepartmentWith → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
Tayasal → near → Flores, Guatemala ⓘ
Tayasal archaeological site → near → Flores, Guatemala ⓘ
Nojpetén → modernSuccessorSettlement → Flores, Guatemala ⓘ
Santa Elena, Petén → adjacentTo → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
Santa Elena, Petén → formsUrbanAreaWith → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
Santa Elena, Petén → connectedByRoadTo → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
Mundo Maya International Airport → locatedIn → Flores, Petén, Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
Temple 32 → nearbyUrbanCenter → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
Nojpetén → modernSiteOccupiedBy → Flores, Guatemala ⓘ
subject linked to: Maya city of Nojpetén
Mirador Basin → modernNearestCity → Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala