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Puerto Barrios is the departmental seat of Izabal department and is the administrative seat of Puerto Barrios municipality. It is Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port, together with its more modern twin port town just to the southwest, Santo Tomás de Castilla. As of the 2018 census, the population of Puerto Barrios was 100,593.
Postal codes in Mexico are issued by Correos de México, the national postal service.They are of five digits and modelled on the US ZIP Code system. The first two digits identify a state (or part thereof); and assignments are done alphabetically by state name, except for codes in the 01xxx–16xxx range which identify the delegaciones (delegations) of Mexico City.
Railways through the jungle in Izabal Department in 1896. Photographs by La Ilustración Guatemalteca.. On 22 November 1896 the Northern Railroad Zacapa, Zacapa-Puerto Barrios connection, was opened to the public; it was the most important infrastructure project of general José María Reina Barrios given the economic crisis that loomed over Guatemala if he was not able to finish the railroad ...
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Abbreviations for the states of Mexico Name of federative entity Conventional abbreviation 2-letter code* 3-letter code (ISO 3166-2:MX) Aguascalientes: Ags. MX - AG MX-AGU Baja California: B.C. MX - BN MX-BCN Baja California Sur: B.C.S. MX - BS MX-BCS Campeche: Camp. MX - CP MX-CAM Chiapas: Chis. MX - CS MX-CHP Chihuahua: Chih. MX - CI MX-CHH ...
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The seaport of the city was built in 1976, after an earthquake had severely damaged the port of Puerto Barrios. Today it is among the busiest in Central America and currently expanding. [5] The port is located next to a free trade zone, the Zona de Libre Industria y Comercio Santo Tomás de Castilla, called Zolic. The port currently employs ...
Before roads and railroads, Lake Izabal was the link between Alta Verapaz and the rest of the world. What is now known as "El Estor" was the landing and trading post for cargo and travelers to frontier towns such as Cobán.