Puerto Barrios, city (1994 est. pop. 29,095) and port, E Guatemala, capital of Izabal dept., on the Bay of Amatique, an arm of the Caribbean Sea. It was named after the Guatemalan politician Justo Rufino Barrios. Until the early 1970s the foreign-dominated deepwater port handled more trade than any other in Guatemala. An additional cargo port was later built, and solely operated, by the Guatamalan government at nearby Santo Tomás de Castilla. Bananas and coffee are the leading exports. In 1976 a hurricane severely damaged Puerto Barrios.

You can visit Puerto Barrios for your next vacation, it is a wonderful place to go and at the same time, you can experience the friendly atmosphere that its surround by its people, you can visit the following site: www.puertobarrios.com.gt for more information.

City Seal of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala

Puerto Barrios is a city in Guatemala, located at on the Gulf of Honduras at 15°73′N 88°60′W. The bay in which the harbor is located is called Bahia de Amatique. Puerto Barrios is the departmental seat of Izabal department and the administrative seat of Puerto Barrios municipality, Image File history File linksMetadata Puertobarriosseal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Puertobarriosseal. ... Missing image Map of Belize, showing the Gulf of Honduras The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. ... Izabal is one of the 22 departments in the nation of Guatemala. ... Guatemala is divided in 22 departments Department (Capital) Alta Verapaz (Cobán) Baja Verapaz (Salamá) Chimaltenango (Chimaltenango) Chiquimula (Chiquimula) El Petén (Flores) El Progreso (Guastatoya) El Quiché (Santa Cruz del Quiché) Escuintla (Escuintla) Guatemala (Guatemala) Huehuetenango (Huehuetenango) Izabal (Puerto Barrios) Jalapa (Jalapa) Jutiapa (Jutiapa) Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango) Retalhuleu (Retalhuleu) Sacatep...

Puerto Barrios was named after President Justo Rufino Barrios. It is Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port, together with its more modern twin port town just to the South East, Santo Tomás de Castilla. In 2003 the estimated population of Puerto Barrios was 40,900 people. Justo Rufino Barrios (July 19, 1835 – April 2, 1885) was a President of Guatemala known for his liberal reforms and his attempts to reunite Central America. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean (pronounced or ) Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ... Santo Tomás de Castilla is a port city in Izabal Department, Guatemala. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Puerto Barrios its located 297 kilometers North-West of Guatemala City. It is the terminus of the great Pan American Highway that traverses the country. In 1974 the February 4th earthquake, one of the worst in the history of the country, destroyed most of the dock of Puerto Barrios. Most modern cargo traffic moved to its twin port, yet Puerto Barrios remains an important hub for Dole and Del Monte industries.

Puerto Barrios is a mix of mostly Latino, Maya, Afro-Caribbean, and Jamaican peoples. It's heyday was in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, following the construction of a railroad connecting large banana plantations with the shipping docks.

In a strange twist of history, the harbor was partly built by Theodore Rooselvet's Corps of Engineers in 1906-1908. Puerto Barrios is also the terminus for the United Fruit Company's railway, UFCO. UFCO still operates out of these two harbors.