Morales is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Izabal Department of Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

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The municipality was created in 1920 and is formed by the town of Morales, 9 villages and 56 rural communities.

The Cuevas del Silvino National Park is located a few kilometers north-east of Morales.

Sports

The town boasted a Guatemalan top division football side in Deportivo Heredia before it was relocated to San José, El Petén

San José, El Petén

San José is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It contains 3,602 people. It lies on the north shore of Lake Petén Itzá and is located a few kilometers from the Classic Period Maya ruin of Motul de San José...

Department in summer 2008 due to a lack of support.