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| From the area around Lake Izabal, the Department of Izabal stretches along the Río Dulce to the coast of the ]. | From the area around Lake Izabal, the Department of Izabal stretches along the Río Dulce to the coast of the ]. | ||
| The department of Izabal includes the ports of ] (the departmental seat), Santo Tomás de Castilla and ]. Izabal also includes the ] ] ruins of ]. | The department of Izabal includes the ports of ] (the departmental seat), Santo Tomás de Castilla and ] andd GUatemalas free trade zone ]. Izabal also includes the ] ] ruins of ]. | ||
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Department in Izabal, Guatemala| Izabal | |
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| Department | |
 Izabal | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department | Izabal |
| Capital | Puerto Barrios |
| Municipalities | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental |
| Area | |
| • Department | 9,038 km (3,490 sq mi) |
| • Water | 590 km (230 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Department | 314,306 |
| • Urban | 90,508 |
| • Ethnicities | Ladino Q'eqchi' garífuna |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya |
| Time zone | -6 |
Izabal is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its coastal areas form part of the homeland of the Garifuna people.
Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the north west, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa to the south.
The department of Izabal surrounds Lago Izabal (or Lago de Izabal), Guatemala's largest lake (about 48 km long and 24 km wide, with an area of about 590 km²). The Spanish Colonial fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the Río Dulce.
The small town of Izabal is on the south shore of the lake; before the construction of the ports of Livingston and Puerto Barrios in the 19th century this was Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port and was the original seat of Izabal department; nowadays, however, Izabal town is a remote village that gets little traffic.
From the area around Lake Izabal, the Department of Izabal stretches along the Río Dulce to the coast of the Caribbean Sea.
The department of Izabal includes the ports of Puerto Barrios (the departmental seat), Santo Tomás de Castilla and Livingston andd GUatemalas free trade zone Zolic. Izabal also includes the Pre-Columbian Maya ruins of Quirigua.
Municipalities
References
- "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". INE. 2002.
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External links
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