Central America
Guatemala
Petén Department

Santa Elena

Santa Elena is located on the shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of . It is connected by a causeway to its sister town of Flores and the two are often referred to as just Flores.
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  • Type: Town with 15,100 residents
  • Description: Guatemalan town located in the Petén department
  • Also known as: “Santa Elena de la Cruz”, “Santa Elena El Peten”, “Santa Elena El Petén”, “Santa Elena Guatemala‎”, “Santa Elena Peten”, “Santa Elena Petén”, and “Santa Elena, Guatemala”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Flores Island and Santa Barbara Islet.

Island
Photo: Javier Aroche, CC BY 2.0.
is a 13.3-hectare island located in Lake Petén Itzá, in the northern region of the country of . It belongs to the and hosts the city of , which serves as the departmental capital alongside the neighboring town of Santa Elena de la Cruz.

Islet
Photo: Edgouno, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flores and San Benito.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a town in Petén, . The town proper is an island on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway, on the other side of which lie the twin towns Santa Elena and San Benito.

Town
Photo: Jhosek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the El Petén department of . It covers an area of 112 km2, and had 29,926 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate was 59,486 people. It is located adjacent to departmental capital Flores. is situated 2½ km northwest of Santa Elena.

is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in the Petén department of the of .

Santa Elena

Latitude
16.91308° or 16° 54′ 47″ north
Longitude
-89.89573° or 89° 53′ 45″ west
Population
15,100
Elevation
131 metres (430 feet)
IATA airport code
FRS
Open location code
768GW473+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1246242991
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3589384
Wiki­data ID
Q3949007
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Santa Elena” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Elena”. Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.