Benque Viejo del Carmen
Benque Viejo del Carmen is the westernmost town in Belize, 130 km by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,010 residents
- Description: city
- Also known as: “Bengue Viejo”, “Benique Viejo del Carmen”, “Benque”, and “Cayo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xunantunich.
Xunantunich
Photo: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0.
Xunantunich is an archaeological site outside the town of San Jose Succotz, in the Cayo District of Belize.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melchor de Mencos and Calla Creek.
Melchor de Mencos
Photo: Sapfan, Public domain.
Melchor de Mencos is in Guatemala on the border with Belize and is usually a place that most travelers merely pass through, but it does have some stelae and zoomorphs in a square not far away.
Calla Creek
Village
Calla Creek is a village in the Cayo District of central interior Belize. It is situated along the Mopan River near the border with Guatemala. The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. Calla Creek is situated 3½ miles north of Benque Viejo del Carmen.
Benque Viejo del Carmen
- Categories: city, border city, and locality
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.07042° or 17° 4′ 14″ northLongitude
-89.13695° or 89° 8′ 13″ westPopulation
7,010Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)United Nations Location Code
BZ BVCOpen location code
769G3VC7+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 2116862398OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Benque Viejo del Carmen” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Belarusian: “Бенке-В’еха-дэль-Кармен”
- Belarusian: “Бэнке-Віеха-дэль-Кармэн”
- Cebuano: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Chinese: “本克別霍德爾卡門”
- Dutch: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- French: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- German: “Alte Benque von Carmen”
- German: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Hebrew: “בנקו וייחו דל כרמן”
- Italian: “Benque Viejo”
- Japanese: “ベンケ・ビエホ・デル・カルメン”
- Lithuanian: “Benke Vjecho del Karmenas”
- Low German: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Northern Sami: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Norwegian: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Polish: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Polish: “Benque Viejo”
- Portuguese: “Benque Viejo”
- Russian: “Бенке-Вьехо-дель-Кармен”
- Spanish: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
- Spanish: “Benque Viejo el Carmen”
- Swedish: “Benque Viejo del Carmen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barrio El Centro and San José Succotz.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pedro Guerra Mena Park and Assemblies of God.
Cayo: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Belmopan, San Ignacio, Caracol, and Xunantunich.
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