Poptún
Encyclopedia
Poptún is a municipality
in the El Petén department
of Guatemala
. It contains 30,386 people. It is some 385 km from Guatemala City
.
Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the home of the Guatemalan Army's élite Kaibiles
special operations force.
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 the El Petén department
Departments of Guatemala
||Guatemala is divided into 22 departments :#Alta Verapaz#Baja Verapaz#Chimaltenango#Chiquimula#Petén#El Progreso#El Quiché#Escuintla#Guatemala#Huehuetenango#Izabal#Jalapa#Jutiapa#Quetzaltenango#Retalhuleu#Sacatepéquez...
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...
. It contains 30,386 people. It is some 385 km from Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
.
Since 1989, Military Zone 23 in Poptún has been the home of the Guatemalan Army's élite Kaibiles
Kaibiles
The Kaibiles are a special operations force of the Military of Guatemala. They specialize in jungle warfare tactics and counter-insurgency operations....
special operations force.