Petén or Peten may refer to:
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Petén Department
Petén (from the Itza' language, Itz'a, , 'Great Island') is a Departments of Guatemala, department of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest by area at it accounts for about one third o ...
, a department of Guatemala
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Petén Basin
The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of the Maya Lowlands, primarily located in northern Guatemala within the Department of El Petén, and into the state of Campeche in southeastern Mexico.
During the Late Preclassic and Classic periods ...
, the geographical/archaeological region of Mesoamerica and a center of the Maya civilization
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Lake Petén Itzá
Lake Petén Itzá (''Lago Petén Itzá'', ) is a lake in the northern Petén Department in Guatemala. It is the third largest lake in Guatemala, after Lake Izabal and Lake Atitlán. It is located around . It has an area of , and is some long a ...
, a lake in the Petén Basin region
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Peten Itza kingdom
The Peten Itza kingdom was a kingdom centered on the island-city of Nojpetén on Lake Peten Itza.
Nojpetén
Bernal Díaz del Castillo described Nojpetén in Chapter CLXXVIII of his ''Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España''
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, a Maya kingdom in Central America centered on the city of Nojpetén
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Petén molly
''Poecilia petenensis'', the Petén molly, is a poeciliid fish species endemic to Guatemala.
Taxonomy
The Petén molly is a short-finned molly (part of the ''Poecilia sphenops'' complex) whose scientific name is a matter of some confusion. I ...
, a fish
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