El Pilar
El Pilar is an ancient Maya city center located on the Belize-Guatemala border. The site is located 12 kilometres north of San Ignacio, Belize and can be accessed through the San Ignacio and Bullet Tree Falls on the Belize River.
- Type: Locality
- Description: protected area
- Also known as: “El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna”
El Pilar
- Categories: archaeological site, transboundary protected area, Maya site in Belize, and Maya site in Guatemala
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.25387° or 17° 15′ 14″ north
Longitude
-89.14547° or 89° 8′ 44″ west
Open location code
769G7V33+GR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“El Pilar” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “El Pilar (lloc arqueològic)”
- Catalan: “Jaciment arqueològic del Pilar”
- Dutch: “El Pilar”
- Esperanto: “El Pilar”
- French: “El Pilar”
- German: “El Pilar”
- Italian: “El Pilar”
- Lithuanian: “El Pilaras”
- Polish: “El Pilar”
- Russian: “Эль-Пилар”
- Spanish: “El Pilar (Belice)”
- Spanish: “El Pilar (sitio arqueológico)”
- Spanish: “El Pilar”
- Spanish: “Monumento Cultural El Pilar para la Flora y Fauna Mayas”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Пілар”
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