San Benito

San Benito is a municipality in the El Petén department of . It covers an area of 112 km2, and had 29,926 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate was 59,486 people. It is located adjacent to departmental capital Flores.
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  • Type: Town with 22,900 residents
  • Description: municipality of Peten Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Melchor de Mencos” and “San Benito, Guatemala”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Barbara Islet and Flores Island.

Islet
Photo: Edgouno, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Island
Photo: Javier Aroche, CC BY 2.0.
is a 13.3-hectare island located in Lake Petén Itzá, in the northern region of the country of . It belongs to the and hosts the city of , which serves as the departmental capital alongside the neighboring town of . is situated 3 km east of San Benito.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Elena and Flores.

Town
is located on the shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of . It is connected by a causeway to its sister town of Flores and the two are often referred to as just Flores. is situated 2½ km southeast of San Benito.

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is a town in Petén, . The town proper is an island on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway, on the other side of which lie the twin towns Santa Elena and San Benito.

is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in the Petén department of the of .

San Benito

Latitude
16.92277° or 16° 55′ 22″ north
Longitude
-89.91733° or 89° 55′ 2″ west
Population
22,900
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GT SBE
Open location code
768GW3FM+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1246242884
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3590389
Wiki­data ID
Q1113394
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“San Benito” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de San Benito”
  • Cebuano: “San Benito”
  • Chinese: “San Benito”
  • Chinese: “圣贝尼托”
  • Chinese: “聖貝尼托”
  • Dutch: “San Benito”
  • French: “San Benito”
  • Georgian: “სან-ბენიტო (გვატემალა)”
  • Georgian: “სან-ბენიტო”
  • German: “San Benito”
  • Italian: “San Benito”
  • Lithuanian: “San Benitas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Benito (El Petén)”
  • Polish: “San Benito”
  • Portuguese: “San Benito”
  • Russian: “Сан-Бенито”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Benito”
  • Slovenian: “San Benito”
  • Spanish: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Spanish: “San Benito”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de San Benito”
  • Swedish: “San Benito”
  • Urdu: “سان بینیتو، ایل پیتین”
  • “San Benito”

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