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{{Short description|Department of Guatemala}}
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'''Izabal''' ({{IPA|es|isaˈβal}}) is one of the 22 [[departments of Guatemala]]. Its coastal areas form part of the homeland of the [[Garifuna people]].

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 Department|Petén]] to the northwest, [[Alta Verapaz Department|Alta Verapaz]] to the west, and [[Zacapa Department|Zacapa]] to the south.

The Izabal Department surrounds [[Lake Izabal]] (or Lago de Izabal), which is Guatemala's largest lake (about 48&nbsp;km long and 24&nbsp;km wide, with an area of about 590&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Spain|Spanish]] Colonial fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the [[Río Dulce (Guatemala)|Río Dulce]].

The small town of [[Izabal (town)|Izabal]] is on the south shore of the lake; before the construction of the ports of [[Livingston, Guatemala|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 [[Puerto Barrios]] (the departmental seat), [[Santo Tomás de Castilla]], [[Livingston, Guatemala|Livingston]] and Guatemala's free trade zone [[Zolic]]. Izabal also includes the [[Pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruins of [[Quirigua]].

== Municipalities ==

# [[El Estor]]
# [[Livingston, Izabal|Livingston]]
# [[Los Amates]]
# [[Morales, Guatemala|Morales]]
# [[Puerto Barrios, Izabal|Puerto Barrios]]

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|Guatemala}}
*{{Portal-inline|Geography}}
* [[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==
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==External links==
* {{commons category inline}}
*[http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/izabal/izabal.php Interactive department map]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090705052517/http://www.izabalonline.com/index.php?land=en Izabal, Green Caribbean]

{{Geographic location
|Center=Izabal
|North={{BLZ}}
|Northeast=[[Gulf of Honduras]]
|East={{HON}}<ref name=segeplan>{{cite web|author=SEGEPLAN|title=Municipios de Izabal, Guatemala|website=Secretaría General de Planificación|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=10:izabal|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705233034/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=10:izabal|archive-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>
|Northwest=[[Petén Department]]
|West=[[Alta Verapaz Department]]
|South=[[Zacapa Department]]<ref name=segeplan/>
}}

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