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El Mirador
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<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=El_Mirador¶ms=17_45_18_N_89_55_14_W_type:landmark">17°45′18″N 89°55′14″W / 17.75500°N 89.92056°W / 17.75500; -89.92056</a> </p> <p>El Mirador (which translates as "the lookout", "the viewpoint", or "the belvedere") is a large <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> Middle and Late <a href="/facts/Preclassic_Maya/TNAFc4yN">Preclassic</a> (1000 BC – 250 AD) <a href="/facts/Maya_civilization/JMynpRSR">Maya</a> settlement, located in the north of the modern <a href="/facts/Departments_of_Guatemala/Iva2YfpN">department</a> of <a href="/facts/El_Pet%25C3%25A9n/aNuDo468">El Petén</a>, <a href="/facts/Guatemala/MoMcSnla">Guatemala</a>. It is part of the Mirador-<a href="/facts/Calakmul/gVQsqlpS">Calakmul</a> Karst Basin of northern Guatemala. </p>