title: San Benito, Petén
text: # San Benito, Petén
  
  San Benito is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It covers an area of 112 $km^2,$ and had 29,926 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate (as at mid 2012) was 59,486 people.
  
  It is located adjacent to departmental capital Flores.
  
  ## Sports
  
  Deportivo San Benito football club have been playing in the second tier of Guatemalan football since they clinched promotion from the third tier after the 1998/1999 season. They play their home games in the Estadio Alejandro Ochaeta Requena. Deportivo Don Bosco football club have been playing in the third tier of Guatemalan football since 2015/2016 season. They play their home games in the Estadio Alejandro Ochaeta Requena.
  
  