Melchor de Mencos

Melchor de Mencos is in on the border with 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.
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  • Type: Town with 23,800 residents
  • Description: Municipality in Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Allahan”, “Fallabón”, “Melchor”, and “Melchor Mencos”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benque Viejo del Carmen.

Town
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is the westernmost town in , 130 km by road west and south of , at the border. lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border.

Melchor de Mencos

Latitude
17.0624° or 17° 3′ 45″ north
Longitude
-89.156° or 89° 9′ 22″ west
Population
23,800
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
IATA airport code
MCR
United Nations Location Code
GT MCR
Open location code
769G3R6V+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4735465951
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3598131
Wiki­data ID
Q599455
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Melchor de Mencos” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Cebuano: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Melchor de Mencos”
  • Chinese: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Chinese: “梅尔乔-德门科斯”
  • Chinese: “梅尔乔德门科斯”
  • Chinese: “梅爾喬-德門科斯”
  • Dutch: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • French: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Galician: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Georgian: “მელჩორ-დე-მენკოსი”
  • German: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Italian: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Japanese: “メルチョル・デ・メンコス”
  • Korean: “멜초르데멩코스”
  • Lithuanian: “Melčor de Menkosas”
  • Low German: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Polish: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Portuguese: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Melchor de Mencos”
  • Spanish: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Swedish: “Melchor de Mencos”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Melchor de Mencos”
  • Urdu: “میلچور دے مینکوس”
  • “Melchor de Mencos”

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