Xunantunich

Xunantunich is an archaeological site outside the town of San Jose Succotz, in the District of .
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize
  • Also known as: “Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve”

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 village in the of central interior . It is situated along the near the border with . The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. is situated 2½ miles north of Xunantunich.

Xunantunich

Latitude
17.0895° or 17° 5′ 22″ north
Longitude
-89.1413° or 89° 8′ 29″ west
Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)
Inception
1995
Operator
National Institute of Culture and History
Open location code
769G3VQ5+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 503599492
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
3580787
Wiki­data ID
Q1646630
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Xunantunich” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Xunantuniç”
  • Catalan: “Xunantunich”
  • Cebuano: “Xunantunich”
  • Chinese: “舒南图尼奇”
  • Croatian: “Xunantunich”
  • Dutch: “Xunantunich”
  • Esperanto: “Xunantunich”
  • French: “Xunantunich”
  • German: “Xunantunich”
  • Hebrew: “קסונאנטוניץ‘”
  • Hungarian: “Xunantunich”
  • Indonesian: “Xunantunich”
  • Irish: “Xunantunich”
  • Italian: “Xunantunich”
  • Japanese: “シュナントゥニッチ”
  • Lithuanian: “Šunantuničas”
  • Macedonian: “Шунантунич”
  • Polish: “Xunantunich”
  • Portuguese: “Xunantunich”
  • Russian: “Шунантунич”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Xunantunich”
  • Spanish: “Xunantunich”
  • Swedish: “Xunantunich”
  • Ukrainian: “Шунантуніч”
  • “Xunantunich”

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