Guatemala
Northern Lowlands
Petén Department

Aguateca

Aguateca is a Maya site located in northern 's Petexbatun Basin, in the department of . The first settlements at Aguateca date to the Late Preclassic period.
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Aguateca

Latitude
16.397° or 16° 23′ 49″ north
Longitude
-90.2036° or 90° 12′ 13″ west
Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)
Open location code
768F9QWW+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1696124850
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
3599853
Wiki­data ID
Q398094
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Aguateca” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Aguateca”
  • Cebuano: “Aguateca”
  • Chinese: “阿瓜特卡”
  • Dutch: “Aguateca”
  • Epigraphic Mayan: “K’inich Pa‘ Witz” (historical)
  • Esperanto: “Aguateca”
  • French: “Aguateca”
  • German: “Aguateca”
  • Hungarian: “Aguateca”
  • Indonesian: “Aguateca”
  • Italian: “Aguateca”
  • Japanese: “アグアテカ”
  • Lithuanian: “Agvateka”
  • Polish: “Aguateca”
  • Portuguese: “Aguateca”
  • Russian: “Агуатека”
  • Spanish: “Aguateca”
  • Swedish: “Aguateca”
  • Ukrainian: “Агуатека”
  • Ukrainian: “Аґуатека”
  • “Aguateca”

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