San Luis is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
El Petén
EL, El or el may refer to:
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* El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit
* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
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department of
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. The municipality is rectangle-shaped and is approximately 2,915 km squared. It contains 44,903 people. There are about 140 hamlets that inhabit the municipality, with the capital of the pueblo of San Luis, itself.
Overview
Its economy is primarily of agriculture, but also contains minor manufacturing services like personalised furniture and custom building services. The pueblo itself consists of several neighbourhoods, including El Centro, Tikajal, Bethel, Vista Hermosa, La Florida, El Estadio, La Cruce and El Paraiso. It contains a public school in every neighbourhood and is home to a few private schools, including ''Centro Maya Asuncion'', a school for Mayan teenaged adolescent females from remote villages. It is administered by Jesus Claros Aliaraza and the Catholic community is represented by the
Comboni Missionaries. Though it is surrounded by steep and hilly forests, deforestation remains the problem of the degradation for the surrounding environment.
Languages spoken in San Luis include
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
,
Q’eqchi’, and
Mopan Maya.
External links
San Luis municipal website
Municipalities of the Petén Department
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