Puerto Barrios
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Puerto Barrios is a city in Guatemala, located at on the Gulf of Honduras at 15°73′ N 88°60′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=15_73_N_88_60_W_) in Guatemala's Izabal department, of which Puerto Barrios is the departmental seat. 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 east, Santo Tomás de Castilla. In 2003 the estimated population of Puerto Barrios was 40,900 people.
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