San Andrés, Petén

San Andrés
Municipality
San Andrés is located in Guatemala
San Andrés
San Andrés
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 16°58′03″N 89°54′37″W / 16.96750°N 89.91028°W / 16.96750; -89.91028
Country Guatemala
Department El Petén
MunicipalitySan Andrés
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • MayorMilton Méndez (PP)
Area
 • Municipality
8,874 km2 (3,426 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (Census 2002)
 • Municipality
20,295
 • Urban
5,740
 • Ethnicities
Q’eqchi Ladino
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateAm

San Andrés is a municipality in the department of El Petén in Guatemala. The municipality is formed by the town of San Andrés, located on the north-western shore of Lake Petén Itzá, and 55 rural communities, with a total population of 20,295 people (census 2002).[1]

The municipality was created in 1962 and has a territory 8,874 km2, equivalent to 25% of the department of El Petén. In the 1990s, more than 93% (8,288 km2) of the municipality's territory was declared protected nature reserve by the central government.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Municipalidad de San Andrés, Petén - Diagnóstico Institucional" (doc) (in Spanish). Guatemala: marn.gob.gt. 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. ^ Morales Santizo, Karla Lorena (2008). "Municipio de San Andrés, Departamento de Petén - "Administración del Riesgo"" (pdf) (in Spanish). Guatemala: USAC. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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