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Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala City
- Temple IV at Tikal, a Maya city in the Petén rainforest, rises about 70 metres from the plaza floor to its roof comb.
- Lake Atitlán reaches roughly 340 metres deep and is ringed by three volcanoes: Atitlán, San Pedro and Tolimán.
- Antigua Guatemala was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 for its Baroque colonial buildings and street layout.
- Semuc Champey has stepped turquoise limestone pools above the Cahabón River, which vanishes into a sinkhole called El Sumidero.