Benque
Benque is an airfield in Cayo, Belize. Benque is situated nearby to the locality Garbutt’s Falls, as well as near the neighborhood Barrio El Centro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xunantunich.
Xunantunich
Photo: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0.
Xunantunich is an archaeological site outside the town of San Jose Succotz, in the Cayo District of Belize.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benque Viejo del Carmen and Melchor de Mencos.
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Town
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Benque Viejo del Carmen is the westernmost town in Belize, 130 km by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border.
Melchor de Mencos
Photo: Rudy Canales, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melchor de Mencos is in Guatemala on the border with Belize 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.
Calla Creek
Village
Calla Creek is a village in the Cayo District of central interior Belize. It is situated along the Mopan River near the border with Guatemala. The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. Calla Creek is situated 4 miles north of Benque.
Benque
- Type: Airfield
- Category: transportation
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.06558° or 17° 3′ 56″ northLongitude
-89.13448° or 89° 8′ 4″ westElevation
407 feet (124 metres)Open location code
769G3V88+66GeoNames ID
8695173
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In Other Languages
“Benque” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Benque”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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