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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  • Town with 22,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 135 metres (443 feet)
  • Description: municipality of Peten Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as
    “Melchor de Mencos”
    “San Benito, Guatemala”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Barbara Islet and Flores Island.
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Javier Aroche, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 3 km east of San Benito.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Elena and Flores.
is located on the shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of . is situated 2½ km southeast of San Benito.
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is a town in Petén, .
is a small village on the north shore…

San Benito

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Latitude
16.92277° or 16° 55′ 22″ north
Longitude
-89.91733° or 89° 55′ 2″ west
UN/LOCODE
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: “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)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Benito”
  • 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”

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