Destination guide — Guatemala

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GUATEMALA IS SITUATED IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND COVERS AN AREA
OF APPROXIMATELY 108,889 SQ KM. BORDERED TO THE NORTH AND
WEST BY MEXICO, BY BELIZE, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR AND THE
CARIBBEAN SEA, AND EVENTUALLY TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE 240KM
COASTLINE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

THE LOWLANDS ARE MADE UP OF TWO REGIONS, THE PETEN AND THE
ATLANTIC LITTORAL. THERE IS ONE REGION IN THE SOUTH, THIS
IS A NARROW PACIFIC COASTAL PLAIN, EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S TOTAL AREA IS MADE UP OF
HIGHLANDS.

THE PETEN IS A LIMESTONE PLATEAU, COVERED ABUNDANTLY WITH
RAIN FORESTS, WHILE THE ATLANTIC LITTORAL DRAINS EASTWARD
TOWARDS THE GULF OF HONDURAS. THIS AREA CONTAINS THE LARGEST
LAKE IN GUATEMALA, LAKE IZABAL WITH AN AREA OF 196 SQ KM.

THE PACIFIC COASTAL PLAINS, AVERAGE ABOUT 48 KM IN BREADTH,
AND CONTAIN MANY OF GUATEMALA'S RIVERS. SEPARATED INTO TWO
LARGE AREAS ARE THE HIGHLANDS REGION: THE ALTOS
CUCHUMATANES IN THE NORTH AND IN THE SOUTH THE SIERRA
MADRES. THESE ARE DOMINATED BY VOLCANIC PEAKS, INCLUDING
TAJUMULCO THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY AT 4200M.
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