El Remate
El Remate is a small, relaxed little village on the east side of Lago Petén Itza. Some travelers looking for peace and quiet opt to stay here rather than Flores as a base for exploring the lake and the region. It's also the closest jumping off point to Tikal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Haeusler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,920 residents
- Description: village in Petén, Guatemala
- Also known as: “Remate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ixlu.
Ixlu
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ixlu is a small Maya archaeological site that dates to the Classic and Postclassic Periods. It is located on the isthmus between the Petén Itzá and Salpetén lakes, in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala.
El Remate
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Flores, Petén Department, Northern Lowlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.9931° or 16° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
-89.6904° or 89° 41′ 26″ westPopulation
1,920Elevation
122 metres (400 feet)Open location code
768GX8V5+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1246242827OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3596324Wikidata ID
Q5352002
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In Other Languages
“El Remate” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “El Remate”
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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 Wikivoyage page “El Remate”. Photo: Martin Haeusler, CC BY-SA 3.0.