Flores is the capital city of El Petén department of Guatemala.
Flores is located at . The population is 13,700 (2003).
The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Peten Itza , connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland are the suburb towns of Santa Elena and San Benito.
In Pre-Columbian times, Flores was the Maya city of Tayasal. See also: Spanish conquest of Yucatán
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