Motul de San José

Motul de San José is an ancient Maya site located just north of in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It is a few kilometres from the modern village of San José, in 's northern department of Petén.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Ancient Maya site in northern Guatemala
  • Also known as: Motul de San Jose

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San José and San Andrés.

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

is a municipality in the department of El Petén in . The municipality is formed by the town of , located on the north-western shore of , and 55 rural communities, with a total population of 20,295 people.

Motul de San José

Latitude
17.02652° or 17° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
-89.90115° or 89° 54′ 4″ west
Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)
Open location code
769G23GX+JG
Geo­Names ID
3592327
Wiki­data ID
Q1773722
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Motul de San José” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Motul de San José
  • Cebuano: Motul (arkiyolohiyang dapit)
  • Cebuano: Motul
  • Chinese: 莫图尔-德圣何塞
  • Dutch: Motul de San José
  • French: Motul de San Jose
  • French: Motul de San José
  • Hebrew: מוטול דה סן חוסה
  • Indonesian: Motul de San José
  • Italian: Motul de San José
  • Japanese: モトゥル・デ・サン・ホセ
  • Polish: Motul de San José
  • Russian: Мотуль-де-Сан-Хосе
  • Spanish: Motul de San Jose
  • Spanish: Motul de San José
  • Swedish: Motul (fornlämning)
  • Swedish: Motul
  • Thai: โมตุลเดซานโฮเซ
  • Ukrainian: Мотуль-де-Сан-Хосе

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