Actun Chapat

Actun Chapat is an archaeological site in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benque Viejo del Carmen and Melchor de Mencos.

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, usually shortened to Benque Viejo or simply Benque, is a small border town in the District of western . It lies along the Mopan River only a short distance from the international border with and about 13 km west of San Ignacio.

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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.

Village
is a in the of . In 2000, the village of had a population of 2,124 people. Its population is predominantly Yukatek-speaking Maya. is situated 5 miles northeast of Actun Chapat.

Actun Chapat

Latitude
17.03631° or 17° 2′ 11″ north
Longitude
-89.08801° or 89° 5′ 17″ west
Elevation
784 feet (239 metres)
Open location code
769G2WP6+GQ
Geo­Names ID
11071436
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Satellite Map

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