El Chal

El Chal is a municipality in the department of , located approximately 50 kilometres southeast of the departmental capital, Flores. Its name may derive from Itzaʼ chal, "shawl", or aj-chal ja, "clear water."…
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  • Town with about 15,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 270 metres (890 feet)
  • …is also known as “El Chal, Guatemala”
  • Description: municipality of Petén, Guatemala
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

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Archaeological site
is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site…

El Chal

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Latitude
16.6427° or 16° 38′ 34″ north
Longitude
-89.6529° or 89° 39′ 10″ west
Open location code
768GJ8VW+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9208844832
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
9975229
Wiki­data ID
Q25185666

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“El Chal” goes by many names.
El ChalCebuano
Municipio de El ChalCebuano
埃爾查爾Chinese
埃爾查爾 (貝塔省)Chinese
El ChalFrench
ელ-ჩალიGeorgian
ელ-ჩალი (პეტენი)Georgian
Municipio El ChalLow German
El ChalSpanish
Municipio de El ChalSpanish
El ChalSwedish
Municipio de El ChalSwedish

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