A list of places in the nation of Guatemala:

Modern cities and important towns

• Antigua Guatemala
• Chichicastenango
• Chimaltenango
• Chiquimula
• Cobán
• Escuintla
• Flores
• Guatemala City
• Huehuetenango
• Jalapa
• Livingston
• Mazatenango
• Panajachel
• Puerto Barrios
• Puerto San José
• Quetzaltenango
• Rabinal
• Retalhuleu
• San Cristobal City, Guatemala
• San Marcos
• Santa Cruz del Quiché
• Solola
• Zacapa

Cathedral of San Francisco Antigua Guatemala (commonly referred to as just Antigua or La Antigua) is a city in the central mountains of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved Spanish New World Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruined churches. ... Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional Maya Indian culture. ... Chimaltenango is a small city of some 43,900 people as of 2002 and the capital of the department of Chimaltenango. ... Chiquimula is a city in Guatemala. ... The city of Cobán is the capital of the department of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. ... Escuintla (sometimes spelled Esquintla) is a small city in south central Guatemala. ... Flores is the capital city of El Petén department of Guatemala. ... Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; locally known as Guatemala or Guate) is the capital and largest city of the nation of Guatemala. ... Huehuetenango is a city in the highlands of western Guatemala. ... Jalapa is a city in Guatemala. ... 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. ... Mazatenango is a city in Guatemala. ... Lake Atitlán from Panajachel Panajachel is a town in the southwestern Guatemalan Highlands, in the department of Sololá. It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name. ... Puerto Barrios, city (1994 est. ... Puerto Quetzal seen at dawn, with volcanos of the interior on the horizon. ... Buildings flanking the Central Park Square in Quetzaltenango Building flanking the Central Park Square in Quetzaltenango Quetzaltenango is the second most populous city of Guatemala, after Guatemala City, and is the capital of Quetzaltenango Department. ... Rabinal is a small town located in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, at 15°6′0″ N 90°27′0″ W. It serves as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. ... Retalhuleu a small city in south-western Guatemala, located at 14. ... Ciudad San Cristóbal (or San Cristobal City) is the largest city in the municipality of Mixco, and part of the department of Guatemala. ... San Marcos is a city in Guatemala. ... Santa Cruz de Quiché is a town in Guatemala, in the province of El Quiché, of which it is the departmental capital. ... Sololá is a city in Guatemala. ...

Ancient cities and important ruins

• El Baul
• Gumarcaj
• Iximche
• Kaminaljuyu
• Machaquila
• El Mirador
• Mixco Viejo
• Naranjo
• Nakbé

Gumarcaj, sometimes rendered as Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj, is an archeological site in El Quiché department of Guatemala. ... Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization, in highland Guatemala, now within modern Guatemala City. ... El Mirador is a large Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala. ... Mixco Viejo is an archaeological site in the north east of the Chimaltenango district of Guatemala, some 50 km to the north of Guatemala City. ... Inscription relating to the reign of king Itzamnaaj Kawil, 784-810. ... Map of Mesoamerica During the Classic Period. ...

Natural Features

• Caribbean Sea
• Pacific Ocean
• Volcán de Agua
• Volcán de Fuego

// Ecology A view of the Caribbean Sea from the Dominican Republic coast The Caribbean is home to about 9% of the worlds coral reefs covering about 20,000 square miles, most of which are located off the Caribbean Islands and the Central American coast. ... At 3,760 metres, Agua volcano towers more than 3,500 metres above the Pacific coastal plain to the south and 2,000 metres above the Guatemalan highlands to the north. ... Fuego redirects here. ...

Lakes

Lake Amatitlán is a volcanic lake in south-central Guatemala, fairly close to the capital. ... Lago de Atitlán seen from the Space Shuttle. ... Sololá Sololá is a department in Guatemala. ... Santa Rosa Santa Rosa is a department in Guatemala. ... Izabal is one of the 22 departments in the nation of Guatemala. ... Lago de Izabal, also known as the Golfo Dulce, is the largest lake in Guatemala. ... Izabal is one of the 22 departments in the nation of Guatemala. ... Lake Petén Itzá seen from space Lake Petén Itzá is a lake in northern part of Guatemala. ... El Petén El Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala. ...

See also

• List of national parks of Guatemala

National parks in Guatemala include: Cerro Baúl Grutas de Lanquín Mirador Río Azul Tikal Río Dulce Sipacate Naranjo Sierra del Lacandon Volcán de Agua Volcán de Tajumulco See also: List of national parks Categories: Lists of national parks | National parks of Guatemala ...

External link

• Map