Poptún
Sign in to savePoptún is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It covers an area of 1,128 km2, and had a population of 35,663 at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid-2012) was 64,988. It is some 385 km from Guatemala City. Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the home of the Guatemalan Army's elite Kaibiles special operations force.
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- Poptún
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- 250px
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- Guatemala
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- bottom
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- Location in Guatemala
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- 25px Guatemala
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- Department
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- 25px El Petén
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- Mayor
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- José Obdulio Pinto Vides
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- UNE
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- 69437
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- 2018
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- Am
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Poptún is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It covers an area of 1,128 km2, and had a population of 35,663 at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid-2012) was 64,988. It is some 385 km from Guatemala City. Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the home of the Guatemalan Army's elite Kaibiles special operations force.
==Geographic location==