Caliento, Manitoba
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Caliento is a small, unorganized community in southeastern Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn, situated between the communities of Vita, Zhoda, and Sundown.
It is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Winnipeg and is around 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Emerson, Manitoba, at the Canada–US border. A post office was opened there c. 1912 on section 14-2-8E; Safron Stefiuk was the first postmaster. The origin of the name is not certain.
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- Geographical Names of Manitoba - Caliento (page 40) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
Coordinates: 49°08′01″N 96°24′54″W / 49.13361°N 96.41500°W
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- Manitoba geography stubs
- Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba