Belén Gualcho
Belén Gualcho is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. This small village founded in 1715 is a jewel in the middle of the Honduran mountains, located in the department of Ocotepeque and close to Gracias and San Sebastian to the south.- Type: Town with 16,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Ocotepeque Department, Honduras
- Also known as: “Belen”, “Belen Gualcho”, “Belén gualcho”, and “Gualcho”
Belén Gualcho
- Categories: municipality of Honduras and locality
- Location: Belén Gualcho, Ocotepeque Department, Honduras, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.47948° or 14° 28′ 46″ north
Longitude
-88.78936° or 88° 47′ 22″ west
Population
16,000
Elevation
1,783 metres (5,850 feet)
Open location code
766HF6H6+Q7
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Belén Gualcho” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Belén Gualcho”
- Cebuano: “Belén Gualcho”
- Chinese: “貝倫瓜爾喬”
- Dutch: “Belén Gualcho”
- French: “Belén Gualcho”
- German: “Belén Gualcho”
- Italian: “Belén Gualcho”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Belén Gualcho”
- Portuguese: “Belén Gualcho”
- Spanish: “Belén Gualcho”
- Swedish: “Belén Gualcho”
- Urdu: “بیلین گوالچو”
- “Belén Gualcho”
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Places to explore: Gocia and Santa Marta.
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Highlights: Parque Central de Belén Gualcho and Iglesia de Belén Gualcho.
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