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Izabal is one of the 22 departments that make up the nation of Guatemala. Guatemala is divided in 22 departments Department (Capital) Alta Verapaz (Cobán) Baja Verapaz (Salamá) Chimaltenango (Chimaltenango) Chiquimula (Chiquimula) El Petén (Flores) El Progreso (Guastatoya) El Quiché (Santa Cruz del Quiché) Escuintla (Escuintla) Guatemala (Guatemala) Huehuetenango (Huehuetenango) Izabal (Puerto Barrios) Jalapa (Jalapa) Jutiapa (Jutiapa) Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango) Retalhuleu (Retalhuleu) Sacatep...
Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the north west, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa to the south. Missing image Map of Belize, showing the Gulf of Honduras The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. ...
El Petén El Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala. ...
Alta Verapaz is a department in the north central part of Guatemala. ...
Zacapa is a city in eastern Guatemala, along the Motagua river. ...
The department of Izabal surrounds Lago Izabal (or Lago de Izabal), Guatemala's largest lake (about 48 km long and 24 km wide, with an area of about 590 km²). The Spanish Colonial era Fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the Río Dulce. RÃo Dulce (Sweet River) is a river in Guatemala. ...
The small town of Izabal is on the south shore of the lake; before the construction of the ports of Livingston and Puerto Barrios in the 19th century this was Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port and was the original seat of Izabal department; nowadays, however, Izabal town is a remote village that gets little traffic. Livingston is the name of a town in the Izabal province of Guatemala, at the mouth of the Rio Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras. ...
Puerto Barrios is a city in Guatemala, located at on the Gulf of Honduras at 15. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
From the area around Lake Izabal, the Department of Izabal stretches along the Río Dulce to the coast of the Caribbean Sea. Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The department of Izabal includes the ports of Puerto Barrios (the departmental seat) and Livingston. Izabal also includes the Pre-Columbian Maya ruins of Quirigua. Puerto Barrios is a city in Guatemala, located at on the Gulf of Honduras at 15. ...
Livingston is the name of a town in the Izabal province of Guatemala, at the mouth of the Rio Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras. ...
The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. ...
The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche...
Quiriguá is an ancient Maya site in the Izabal department of Guatemala. ...
The Río Dulce at Izabal (early 20th-century postcard) The Rio Dulce at Izabal, Guatemala. ...
The Rio Dulce at Izabal, Guatemala. ...
Municipalities - El Estor
- Livingston
- Los Amates
- Morales
- Puerto Barrios
Morales is a municipality in the Izabal department of Guatemala. ...
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