Río Escondido
Río Escondido is a stream in Izabal Department, Guatemala. Río Escondido is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia El Mitch, as well as near the locality La Refinería.Places of Interest
Highlights include Puerto Barrios Airport.
Puerto Barrios Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: EduardoEmilio1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puerto Barrios Airport, formerly Izabal Air Base, serves the city of Puerto Barrios, the port of Santo Tomás de Castilla and the Guatemalan Caribbean. It is operated and administrated by Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puerto Barrios and Santo Tomás de Castilla.
Puerto Barrios
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Puerto Barrios is a seaport and the capital of the department of Izabal on the Caribbean Coast of Guatemala. Its population in 2018 was just over 100,000 people.
Santo Tomás de Castilla
Town
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Santo Tomás de Castilla, officially known as Mátías de Gálvez though it popularly retains its former name, is a port city in the Izabal Department, Guatemala. It lies at Amatique Bay off the Gulf of Honduras and is administratively a part of Puerto Barrios. Santo Tomás de Castilla is situated 4½ km south of Río Escondido.
Río Escondido
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Rio Escondido”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Izabal Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
15.72716° or 15° 43′ 38″ northLongitude
-88.60351° or 88° 36′ 13″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
767HP9GW+VHGeoNames ID
3595807
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Río Escondido” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Río Escondido”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Bahía de Santo Tomás de Castilla and Punta Santa María.
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