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.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 306 metres (1,004 feet)
- Also known as“Sitio Arqueológico Tikal”“Tical”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple I and Temple II.
Tikal
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Latitude
17.22205° or 17° 13′ 19″ north
Longitude
-89.62354° or 89° 37′ 25″ west
Open location code
769G69CG+RH
GeoNames ID
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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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