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ID: 7006622
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006622
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Flores (inhabited place)  Flores (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 55 48 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.9302  decimal degrees
Long: 089 53 29 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.8916  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lago Petén Itzá; was capital of Itzá Indians, who successfully held off Spanish conquest until 1697. Today it is a processing center for rubber, sugar, and cacao grown in the hinterland. Access to city was difficult until an airport and roadway were constructed. The ancient Maya ruins (with hieroglyphic inscriptions) exist on the same site as the town itself.

Names:
Flores (preferred,C,V)
Noj Peten (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guatemala (nation)  ........  Guatemala (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Petén (department)  ............  Petén (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Flores (inhabited place)  ................  Flores (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
department capital (C)
trade center (C)
archaeological site (C)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Flores..........  [NRW Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 839
.................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 11 August 2016
.................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 6 May 2016
Noj Peten..........  [VP]
....................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 11 August 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 839
..................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 11 August 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Flores", accessed 6 May 2016

 

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