Flores, El Petén
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Flores from the sky
Flores is the capital city of El Petén department of Guatemala. It is located at 16°93′ N 89°89′ W. The population is 13,700 (2003).
Flores serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name (population 22,594).
The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Peten Itza, connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland are the suburb towns of Santa Elena and San Benito.
In Pre-Columbian times, Flores was the Maya city of Tayasal.
See also: Spanish conquest of Yucatán
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