Nojpetén
Nojpetén was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá. It was located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (410 feet)
- Description: Maya-state
- Also known as“Noh Petén”“Tayasal”
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Nojpetén
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Latitude
16.95° or 16° 57′ north
Longitude
-89.88333° or 89° 53′ west
Open location code
768GX428+2M
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Nojpetén” goes by many names.
ТаясалBulgarian
NojpeténCatalan
TayasalCebuano
塔亞薩爾Chinese
諾赫佩滕Chinese
诺赫佩滕Chinese
Expeditie naar TayasalDutch
Expeditie van TayasalDutch
TayasalDutch
TayasalEsperanto
NojpeténHungarian
TayasalHungarian
NojpeténIndonesian
NojpeténItalian
Tah ItzáItalian
TayasalItalian
タヤサルJapanese
TajasalisLithuanian
TayasalOccitan (post 1500)
ТайасальRussian
ТайясальRussian
NojpeténSlovenian
TayasalSlovenian
TayasalSwedish
ТайясальUkrainian
ТаясальUkrainian
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