Colonia Benítez
Colonia Benítez is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina. It was one of the first towns and agricultural settlements of the province, when the cultivation of cotton and various industries were the pillars of its development with over the years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,210 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Colonia Benitez”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margarita Belén.
Margarita Belén
Village
Margarita Belén is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Primero de Mayo Department. The town became infamous when on 13 December 1976, a joint operation of the Argentine Army and the Chaco Provincial Police resulted in the Massacre of Margarita Belén during the so-called National Reorganization Process. Margarita Belén is situated 8 km north of Colonia Benítez.
Colonia Benítez
- Categories: locality, municipality in Argentina, and municipality
- Location: Primero de Mayo Department, Chaco, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-27.33202° or 27° 19′ 55″ southLongitude
-58.94687° or 58° 56′ 49″ westPopulation
2,210Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
5843M393+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 198444814OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3435340Wikidata ID
Q1579162
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Colonia Benítez” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Colonia Benítez”
- Dutch: “Colonia Benítez”
- French: “Colonia Benítez”
- Portuguese: “Colonia Benítez”
- Spanish: “Benítez”
- Spanish: “Colonia Benitez”
- Spanish: “Colonia Benítez”
- Swedish: “Colonia Benítez”
- Ukrainian: “Колонія-Бенітес”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Municipalidad de Colonia Benítez and Policial Colonia Benitez.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Colonia Benítez”. Photo: Pertile, CC BY-SA 4.0.