Sayaxché
Sign in to saveSayaxché () is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala, on the Río La Pasión River. It covers an area of , and had 55,578 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid-2012) was 114,781 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sayaxché
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality of Guatemala
- Settlement.image_skyline
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- Settlement.image_caption
- Ferry across Río de la Pasión in Sayaxché
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- Guatemala
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px El Petén
- Settlement.established_title
- Found
- Settlement.established_date
- 1874
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3904
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 125
- Settlement.population_total
- 114781
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
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- Am
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Sayaxché () is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala, on the Río La Pasión River. It covers an area of , and had 55,578 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid-2012) was 114,781 inhabitants.
The city was founded in 1874 to provide accommodation for forest workers of Jamet Sastré logging company. It obtained municipal status in 1929.