Tikal
Tikal is a large archaeological site in the Guatemalan department of Petén. During the Classic Period it was one of the largest and most important of the Mayan cities.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple I and North Acropolis.
Temple I
Ruins
Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Tikal Temple I is the designation given to one of the major structures at Tikal, one of the largest cities and archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Mesoamerica.
North Acropolis
Park
The North Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is an architectural complex that served as a royal necropolis and was a centre for funerary activity for over 1300 years.
Tikal
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Sitio Arqueológico Tikal” and “Tical”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Flores, Petén Department, Northern Lowlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.22205° or 17° 13′ 19″ northLongitude
-89.62354° or 89° 37′ 25″ westElevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)Open location code
769G69CG+RHGeoNames ID
3588370
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tikal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيكال”
- Belarusian: “Тыкаль”
- Bengali: “তিকাল”
- Bulgarian: “Тикал”
- Chinese: “蒂卡尔”
- Chinese: “蒂卡尔国家公园”
- Czech: “Tikal”
- Danish: “Tikal”
- Dutch: “Tikal”
- Finnish: “Tikal”
- French: “Tikal”
- Georgian: “ტიკალი”
- German: “Tikal”
- Hebrew: “טיקאל”
- Hindi: “टीकाल”
- Italian: “Tikal”
- Japanese: “ティカル”
- Korean: “티칼”
- Lithuanian: “Tikalis”
- Macedonian: “Тикал”
- Malayalam: “ടികാൽ”
- Persian: “تیکال”
- Polish: “Tikál”
- Portuguese: “Tikal Plaza Mayor”
- Portuguese: “Tikal”
- Russian: “Тикаль”
- Serbian: “Тикал”
- Slovak: “Tikal”
- Spanish: “Tikal”
- Swedish: “Tikal nationalpark”
- Thai: “ตีกัล”
- Ukrainian: “Тікаль”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Tikal”
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