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Biotopo el Zotz, San Miguel la Palotada, located in the northern region of the Department of Peten; Biotopo Naachtun Dos Lagunas, located in the northern region of the Department of Peten; Laguna Lachua National Park located in Alta Verapaz; LAP declared the following as special protection areas: Yolnabaj, located in the Department of Huehetenango
El Rosario National Park (Spanish pronunciation: [el roˈsaɾjo]) is located in El Petén, Guatemala, on the eastern edge of the town of Sayaxché ( 16°31′38″N 90°09′36″W / 16.527163°N 90.160017°W / 16.527163; -90.160017 ( El Rosario National
The Maya Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera Maya) is a nature reserve in Guatemala managed by Guatemala's National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP). The Maya Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 21,602 km 2, one-fifth of the country's total land area.
The area around Tikal has been declared as the Tikal National Park and the preserved area covers 570 square kilometers (220 sq mi). [15] It was created on 26 May 1955 under the auspices of the Instituto de Antropología e Historia and was the first protected area in Guatemala.
El Palmar is mostly an agricultural municipality, with coffee being one of its main products. Many years ago, El Palmar was nearly destroyed by a volcanic eruption of the Santiaguito volcano. Nuevo El Palmar was founded a few kilometers away where most people re-settled. Some inhabitants chose to stay or go back to the original town.
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Tikal National Park: Petén Department. Mixed (i) (iii) (iv) (ix) (x) 1979 In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D.
Pyramid at El Mirador. El Mirador (which translates as "the lookout", "the viewpoint", or "the belvedere") is a large pre-Columbian Middle and Late Preclassic (1000 BC – 250 AD) Maya settlement, located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala. It is part of the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin of northern Guatemala. [1]
It is located about 3 km north of the Almolonga volcano, at the south-eastern edge of the city of Quetzaltenango in Guatemala. And is one of the city's last remaining green areas. Cerro El Baúl covers an area of 2.40 km 2 and was declared a national park in 1955. [2]