In pre-Columbian times, this entity's city of Zaculeu served as the capital of the Kingdom of Mam, although their descendants now live in Huehuetenango.
In pre-Columbian times, this entity's city of Zaculeu served as the capital of the Kingdom of Mam, although their descendants now live in Huehuetenango. The Usumacinta and Motagua rivers form part of its borders, and this entity contains lakes Izabal and Atitlan. Its ancient sites of El Mirador and Nakbe in the Peten Basin are much overshadowed by another city there, which features the Lost World Pyramid and the Temple of the Giant Jaguar, Tikal. Its city of Iximche was the center of the Kaqchikel Maya population, and this nation was conquered by the man responsible for La Noche Trieste, Pedro de Alvarado. The site of the training of the motley crew who took part in the ► Bay of Pigs invasion, for 10 points, name this Central American nation which borders El Salvador, Honduras, Belize and Mexico.
In pre-Columbian times, this entity's city of Zaculeu served as the capital of the Kingdom of Mam, although their descendants now live in Huehuetenango.
Republic of Guatemala