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| the solid product resulting from the distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon |
| having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups |
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Flores
city, northern Guatemala. It is located on San Andres island in the southern part of Lake Peten Itza, at an elevation of 449 feet (137 metres) above sea level. Once capital of the Itza Maya, who successfully resisted Spanish attempts to conquer them until 1697, Flores is a major trade centre for the surrounding region. Chicle, timber, rubber, sugarcane, and cacao (the source of cocoa beans) are the principal products of the hinterland. Access to the city was very difficult until the opening of an airport on the mainland and the building of a causeway for road traffic. Roads lead from Flores across the surrounding area north and northwest to Mexico, east to Belize, and south to the Guatemalan highlands. It is the point of departure for expeditions to Tikal National Park and many other Mayan sites. The remaining Itza Maya communities are concentrated in the Bio-Itza Ecological Reserve north of Lake Peten Itza. Pop. (2002) 16,122.
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