Country Guatemala Municipality San Andrés Area 8,874 km² Local time Saturday 5:49 AM | Department El Petén Climate Am Elevation 150 m Mayor Milton Méndez (PP) | |
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Weather 22°C, Wind NE at 0 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
San Andrés is a municipality in the department of El Petén in Guatemala. The municipality is formed by the town of San Andrés, located on the north-western shore of Lake Petén Itzá, and 55 rural communities, with a total population of 20,295 people (census 2002).
Map of San Andr%C3%A9s, Guatemala
The municipality was created in 1962 and has a territory 8,874 km², equivalent to 25% of the department of El Petén. In the 1990s, more than 93% (8,288 km²) of the municipalities territory was declared protected nature reserve by the central government.
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San Andrés, El Petén Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA