Fray Bentos

Fray Bentos is in department of , at the border with . The town is best known, at least among travellers, for its former meat-packing plant, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • City with about 26,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code FZB
  • Description: capital city of the Río Negro Department, southwestern Uruguay
  • Historically known as
    “Independencia”
    “Villa Independencia”

Places of Interest

Discover Gran Hotel Fray Bentos and Escuela 73.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrio Anglo.
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Latitude
-33.1165° or 33° 6′ 60″ south
Longitude
-58.3131° or 58° 18′ 47″ west
UN/LOCODE
UY FZB
Open location code
48R3VMMP+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Fray Bentos” goes by many names.
ፍራይ ቤንቶስAmharic
فراي بنتوسArabic
Ֆրայ ԲենտոսArmenian
Fray BentosAsturian
Fray BentosAzerbaijani
Фрай-БентасBelarusian
Фрай-БэнтасBelarusian
ফ্রায় বেন্তোসBengali
ফ্রে বেন্টোসBengali
Фрай БентосBulgarian
Fray BentosCatalan
Fray BentosCebuano
弗賴本托斯Chinese
弗赖本托斯Chinese
Fray BentosCroatian
Fray BentosCzech
Fray BentosDanish
Fray BentosDutch
فراى بنتوسEgyptian Arabic
Fraj-BentoEsperanto
Fray BentosEsperanto
Fray BentosFinnish
Fray BentosGalician
ფრაი-ბენტოსიGeorgian
Φρέι ΜπέντοςGreek
ફ્રે બેન્ટોસGujarati
Fray BentosHausa
פראי בנטוסHebrew
फ्राई बैन्टोसHindi
फ्रे बेंटोसHindi
Fray BentosIndonesian
Fray BentosIrish
Fray BentosItalian
フライ・ベントスJapanese
フレイ・ベントスJapanese
Fray BentosJavanese
ಫ್ರೇ ಬೆಂಟೋಸ್Kannada
Фрай-БентосKazakh
Фрай-БентосKirghiz
프라이 벤토스Korean
FrajbentosaLatvian
Frai BentasLithuanian
Frai BentosasLithuanian
Fray BentosMalay
Fray BentosMaltese
फ्रे बेंटोसMarathi
Fray BentosNorthern Frisian
Fray BentosNorwegian
Fray BentosNorwegian Bokmål
Fray BentosOromo
ਫ੍ਰੇ ਬੈਂਟੋਸPanjabi
فرای بنتوسPersian
فری بنتوسPersian
Fray BentosPolish
فریے بینتوسPushto
Фрай-БентосRussian
Fray BentosSerbo-Croatian
ෆ්‍රේ බෙන්ටෝස්, උරුගුවේSinhala
ෆ්රේ බෙන්තොස්Sinhala
Fray BentosSlovak
Fray BentosSomali
Villa Independencia (historical)Spanish
Fray BentosSwahili
Fray BentosSwedish
Фрай-БентосTajik
பிரே பென்டோஸ்Tamil
Фрай-БентосTatar
ఫ్రె బెంటోస్Telugu
ไฟรเบนโตสThai
Fray BentosTurkish
Фрай-БентосUkrainian
Фрей БентосUkrainian
فرای بینتوسUrdu
Fray BentosUzbek
Fray BentosVietnamese
Fray BentosWaray (Philippines)

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