Izabal Department

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Izabal Department Departmento de Izabal
Department of Guatemala
Counterclockwise from top: San Felipe Castle, cruise ship in the port city of Puerto Barrios, Livingston, Rio Dulce, Quirigua UNESCO World Heritage Site & 830 meter long bridge of Rio Dulce
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ISO 3166 code	GT-IZ

Izabal (Spanish pronunciation:

Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the northwest, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa to the south.

The Izabal Department surrounds

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

Municipalities

1. El Estor
2. Livingston
3. Los Amates
4. Morales
5. Puerto Barrios

See also

•  Guatemala portal
•  Geography portal
• Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
• EXMIBAL
• Franja Transversal del Norte
• Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
• José María Orellana
• Puerto Barrios
• Quiriguá
• Rafael Carrera
• Santo Tomás de Castilla
• United Fruit Company

References