Poptún
Poptún is a municipality in the department of Petén, in the Republic of Guatemala. It is the second
Poptún is a municipality in the department of Petén, in the Republic of Guatemala. It is the second most populated municipality in the department and has a border with Belize.3 The climate is tropical, between 25 ° C and 30 ° C most of the year. Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the base of the elite group «kaibiles», the special operations force of the Guatemalan Army. The municipality has a runway for light aircraft and south of it is the Ixobel Estate, with caves that constitute a tourist attraction.
El área que ocupa el moderno estado de Belice, fronterizo con Poptún, nunca fue ocupada por España por lo inhóspito del terreno y por su lejanía, aunque se realizaron algunas expediciones exploratorias en el siglo xvi en las que se basaron para reclamar el área como suya.
Geographic location
The municipality of Poptún is located in the southern zone of the Petén department; It is integrated into the rest of the Republic of Guatemala through a paved highway of 100 km to Flores, the departmental capital of Petén, and 380 km to Guatemala City.
Village
The urban area of the Municipality is formed by the Municipal Head that has the category of town, subdivided into six zones, eight neighborhoods, a colony
Colonies and Colonies: Military. Neighborhoods: El Porvenir, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, Morazán, Las Delicias, El Rastro, El Bosque, Las Tres Cruces.
Flora and fauna
Poptún, due to its biogeographic characteristics, is located at different elevations, which is why it has three types of natural vegetation: broadleaf or broadleaved forest, conifer forest and ecotonal or mixed forest.
Los bosques de coníferas incluyen árboles como Pinus caribaea variedad Hondurensis, comúnmente denominado Pino de Petén o Pino Caribe, que no obstante el daño causado por la plaga de gorgojo (Dendroctonus frontalis) aún habita la mayor parte de la planicie de la meseta, porque tiene su hospedero natural en otra especie que comúnmente se denomina encino o roble (Quercus oleoides). El área que ocupaba el bosque de Pino con antelación a su ataque fue de 7500 hectáreas, con lo que, después de su ataque fue quedando aproximadamente un 50% de su total inicial. En este bosque y de manera natural, también se localiza la especie nance (Byrsonima crassifolia), la cual posee el fruto del mismo nombre y que se utiliza como alimento. Este pino que se encontraba en grandes rodales naturales, es único en Guatemala, encontrándose bosques de esta especie en Belice, Honduras y el Caribe. De este árbol se extraían cientos de miles de pies de madera, al igual que su semilla, la que ha sido exportada por muchos años a Holanda, Venezuela, Brasil, y algunos países africanos, donde ya se cultiva para la producción de papel.
Tourism
Finca Ixobel restaurant and hotel
Description of the property
Finca Ixobel is an ecologial hotel located in an extensive property.Guests have plenty of space to enjoy accommodation for all budgets. Use Finca Ixobel to explore caves , waterfallas and the mayan ruins of Tikal, avoiding the island full of flowers.
The name of the municipality Poptún means Stone Mat in Mayan language, because it comes from the Pop voices that means mat of palm and mat and tun that means stone.
Tourism
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ResponderEliminarHow many inhabitants does the municipality of Poptun have?
ResponderEliminarAccording to the INE, in 2005 the population of the municipality of Poptún was estimated to be 42,996 inhabitants.
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ResponderEliminarIt is subdivided into six zones, eight neighborhoods, one colony.
EliminarWhere does the name poptun come from?
ResponderEliminarThe name of the municipality Poptún means Stone Mat in Mayan language, because it comes from the Pop voices that means mat of palm and mat and tun that means stone.
Eliminarwhat is interesting to know the municipality of poptun
ResponderEliminartheir touristic places
EliminarWhat is your favorite tradition?
ResponderEliminarYour blogs is very nice
ResponderEliminarthank you, so kind
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ResponderEliminarWhat place are there to visit?
ResponderEliminarplaces to visit
Eliminarthe ixobel farm, Machaquila river, spas and parks
ResponderEliminarDo you think the climate of poptun is nice?
What do you think about the ixobel estate?
What colony do you find most attractive?
good idea to put a map at the beginning of your blog, congratulations.
sometimes I think it's nice and sometimes it's not because when the weather is very hot the days are exhausting but when it's a little cold it's nice
Eliminarthe ixobel farm
I think it's very beautiful to see many tourists
The military colony maybe
thanks you are very amble
why do you like poptun?
ResponderEliminarbecause it is a quiet town and my friends live there (like you) and its parks and tourist places.
Eliminarhow is poptun?
ResponderEliminarit is a not very big town it has many hills and rivers
EliminarWhat place would you recommend me to visit in Poptun?
ResponderEliminarI would recommend the ixobel farm because there you can do great activities such as hiking or knowing caves
EliminarHello, little sister
ResponderEliminarI really like your blog, I congratulate you, you have done a very good job. Blessings :)
hello my pretty little sister, thanks to me I really liked your blog too, I love you :)
EliminarHi lay!! is very interesting your blog
ResponderEliminarHow is it or how does our poptun look?
Could you tell me where in Poptun here I can go explore a cave?
Elisa, I like your blog, it's very cultural and específicos for the municipality of Poptún, good work Elisa good morning.
ResponderEliminar¿Where did you get good información?
Because of the content
¿Do you like this municipality?
¿Why do not you put more graphics?
Do you like the temperature in Poptún?
ResponderEliminarHow well is the flora and fauna in Poptún?
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