Petén Explained

Petén or Peten may refer to:

• Petén Department, a department of Guatemala
• Petén Basin, the geographical/archaeological region of Mesoamerica and a center of the Maya civilization
• Lake Petén Itzá, a lake in the Petén Basin region
• Peten Itza kingdom, a kingdom in modern-day Central America centered on the city of Nojpetén
• The Hebrew name (Hebrew: פתן|link=no) for the Boeing AH-64A Apache in Israeli service, meaning "Cobra" in English
• Peten (Egypt), a place name in Ancient Egypt
• Petén molly, a fish