Guatemala
Northern Lowlands
Petén Department

Sayaxché

Sayaxché is a city in the Peten department of the of . Sayaxché is an excellent base of operations for visiting Maya ruins in western Petén, usually by river.
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  • Type: Town with 7,320 residents
  • Description: municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Sayazché”
  • Neighbors: and

Sayaxché

Latitude
16.5243° or 16° 31′ 28″ north
Longitude
-90.1884° or 90° 11′ 18″ west
Population
7,320
Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)
Open location code
768FGRF6+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1039836078
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3588984
Wiki­data ID
Q796634
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sayaxché” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Sayaxché”
  • Cebuano: “Sayaxché”
  • Chinese: “Sayaxché”
  • Chinese: “薩亞斯切”
  • Dutch: “Sayaxché”
  • French: “Sayaxché”
  • German: “Sayaxché”
  • Italian: “Sayaxche”
  • Italian: “Sayaxché”
  • Italian: “Sayaxchè”
  • Lithuanian: “Sajaščė”
  • Low German: “Sayaxché”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sayaxché”
  • Polish: “Sayaxche”
  • Polish: “Sayaxché”
  • Portuguese: “Sayaxché”
  • Russian: “Саякче”
  • Scots: “Sayaxche”
  • Scots: “Sayaxché”
  • Spanish: “Sayaxche”
  • Spanish: “Sayaxché”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Sayaxché”
  • Swedish: “Sayaxché”

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