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'''Puerto Barrios''' ({{IPA-|es|ˈpweɾ.to ˈβa.rjos}}) is a city in [[Guatemala]], located within the [[Gulf of Honduras]]. The city is located on [[Bahia de Amatique]]. Puerto Barrios is the departmental seat of [[Izabal Department|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. Puerto Barrios is located {{convert|297|km|mi|0|sp=us}} northeast of [[Guatemala City]]. It is the terminus of Highway CA9 which begins at the Pacific port city of [[Puerto San José]] and traverses the country through [[Guatemala City]].