Gazetteer of Belize

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Gazetteer of Belize compiled by Per Ivar Haug Hommelvik, 2014

Transcript of Gazetteer of Belize

Page 1: Gazetteer of Belize

Gazetteer of

Belize

compiled by

Per Ivar Haug

Hommelvik, 2014

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Contents

Explanatory notes.................................................................................................................... p. 3

Main sources ........................................................................................................................... p. 4

Some basic facts ...................................................................................................................... p. 5

First-order administrative subdivisions................................................................................... p. 6

Bays, inlets .............................................................................................................................. p. 7

Islands ..................................................................................................................................... p. 8

Lakes and lagoons ................................................................................................................. p. 10

Mountains ............................................................................................................................. p. 11

Populated places.................................................................................................................... p. 12

Rivers .................................................................................................................................... p. 18

Supplement ........................................................................................................................... p. 19

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Explanatory notes

Abbreviations and symbols.

c city

t town

These abbreviations may be followed by date/year of incorporation.

* (in square brackets, combined with year or date): year of foundation

§ data not found

Alphabetization.

The order of letters throughout each name is followed strictly:

Ladyville

La Gracia

Laguna

Names beginning with a generic term (e.g. Rio, Caye) are alphabetized under the proper

name:

Caulker, Caye

Hondo, Rio

Coordinates.

For area features (e.g. islands, lakes, districts), the coordinates indicate the approximate

centre of the feature.

Coordinates are given in degrees ( º ) and minutes ( ′ ) (seconds ( ″ ) only in exceptional

cases) .

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Main sources

Abstracts of statistics, Belize : 2012. - Belmopan : Statistical Institute of Belize, [2013?]

http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/Docs/Publications/Abstract/2012_Abstract_of_Statistics.pdf

Belize. - Scale 1:250.000. - London : Government of the United Kingdom, Directorate of

Overseas Surveys, 1980. - (D.O.S. 649)

Belize islands guide : a guide to Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and Belize’s other islands /

Lan Sluder. - Asheville, NC : Equator Publications, cop. 2010. - ISBN 978-0-9670488-6-4.

http://www.belizefirst.com/documents/BelizeIslandsGuidebyLanSluder.pdf

Belize population and housing census : country report 2010. - Belmopan : Statistical Institute

of Belize, cop. 2013.

http://catalog.ihsn.org/index.php/catalog/4294/download/56269

Cays of the Belize barrier reef and lagoon / by D.R. Stoddart, F.R. Fosberg and D.L.

Spellman. Atoll research bulletin, no. 256(1982)

http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/atollresearchbulletin/issues/00256.pdf

Environmental water quality monitoring program / United States Agency for International

Development, Project NARMAP [and] Government of Belize, Department of the

Environment. Annexes to the Final report. - [Belize?] : [NARMAP?], 1995.

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACH602.pdf

Google Earth

Microsoft Encarta interactive world atlas 2001. – [Redmond, Wash.] : Microsoft Corporation,

cop. 2000

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Some basic facts

Name: Belize

Former name: British Honduras (1862-1 June 1973)

Independence: 21 Sept. 1981

Area: 22,964 km²

Population (2010 census): 322,453

Max. length north-south: 274 km

Max. length east-west: 109 km

Southernmost point: 15º 53′ 09″ N (at Sarstoon River, Guatemala border,

89º13′ 20″ W)

Northernmost point: 18º 29′ 45″ N (at Rio Hondo, Mexico border, 88º 24′ 08″ W)

Westernmost point: 89º13′ 39″ W (at Sarstoon River (here called Río Gracias a

Dios), Guatemala border, 15º 53′ 46″ N)

Easternmost point: 87º 29′ 10″ W (on Sandbore Caye, Lighthouse Reef,

17º 27′ 50″ N)

Capital: Belmopan

Former capital: Belize (until 3 Aug. 1970)

Largest island: Ambergris Caye, 130 km²

Largest lake: New River Lagoon, 13.55 km²

Longest river: Belize River, 290 km

Highest mountain: Doyle’s Delight, 1,124 m

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First-order administrative subdivisions:

Districts. Coordinates. Area

(km²).

Population

(2010

census).

Capital.

Belize 17 30N 88 25W 4,204 95,291 Belize

Cayo 17 00N 88 50W 5,338 75,046 San Ignacio

Corozal 18 15N 88 20W 1,860 41,061 Corozal

Orange Walk 17 45N 88 45W 4,737 45,946 Orange Walk

Stann Creek 16 45N 88 30W 2,176 34,324 Dangriga

Toledo 16 20N 88 50W 4,649 30,785 Punta Gorda

Total: 22,964 322,453 Belmopan

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Bays, inlets. Coordinates. District. Length

(kilometres).

Amatique, Bay of

(Bahía de Amatique)

15 55N 88 45W Toledo/(Guatemala) 40

Chetumal Bay (Bahía de Chetumal) 18 30N 88 10W Corozal/(México) 55

Corozal Bay 18 23N 88 21W Corozal 8

Lowry’s Bight 18 21N 88 19W Corozal 5

Warree Bight 18 21N 88 14W Corozal 2

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Islands.

Coordinates.

District.

Surface

area

(km²).

Popu-

lation.

Year

Ambergris Caye 18 02N 87 55W Belize 130 12,900 2008

Buttonwood Caye 16 32 25N

88 03 00W Stann Creek 0.0072 0

Carrie Bow Caye 16 48N 88 05W Stann Creek 0.00394 §

Cary Caye 16 31N 88 10W Stann Creek 0.0429 0

Caulker, Caye (Cay Corker) 17 46N 88 02W Belize 4.5 1,763 2010

Coco Plum Caye 16 52 30N

88 07 15W Stann Creek 0.06 §

Colson Caye 16 28N 88 19W Stann Creek 0.0203 0

East Snake Caye 16 12 32N

88 30 30W Toledo 0.0194 0

Frank’s Caye 16 08 05N

88 15 30W Toledo 0.0176 0

Half Moon Caye 17 12N 87 32W Belize 0.44 §

Hatchet Caye 16 28N 88 04W Stann Creek 0.013 0

Hunting Caye 16 06 34N

88 16 09W Toledo 0.0579 §

Laughing Bird Caye 16 26 37N

88 11 48W Stann Creek 0.0136 0

Lime Caye 16 06 01N

88 16 28W Toledo 0.0207 0

Little St. Georges Caye 17 33 37N

88 04 32W Belize 0.0205 §

Little Water Caye 16 27N 88 06W Stann Creek 0.0207 0

Long Caye 16 45 20N

87 46 53W Belize 0.0585 §

Middle Caye 16 44 23N

87 48 42W Belize 0.0597 §

Middle Snake Caye 16 12N 88 33W Toledo 0.0132 0

Moho Caye 16 30N 88 10W Stann Creek 0.0454 0

Moho Caye 16 09 11N

88 40 22W Toledo 0.0054 0

Nicholas Caye 16 07 02N

88 15 49W Toledo 0.0386 0

Northeast Caye 16 45 33N

87 46 16W Belize 0.0448 §

Northeast Sapodilla Caye 16 08 22N

88 15 12W Toledo 0.0479 0

Northern Caye 17 27N 87 30E Belize 2.4 §

Pompion Caye 16 23 23N

88 06 11W Stann Creek 0.42 0

Ragged Caye 16 51N 88 08W Stann Creek 0.03 §

Ranguana Caye 16 20N 88 09W Toledo 0.0112 0

Robinson Point Caye 17 21 45N

88 11 25W Belize 0.29 0

Round Caye 16 24 42N

88 04 41W Stann Creek 0.0031 0

Sandbore Caye 17 28N 87 29W Belize 0.041 0

Scipio Caye 16 28N 88 18W Stann Creek 0.0167 0

South Snake Caye 16 10 50N

88 33 56W Toledo 0.0275 0

South Water Caye 16 49N 88 05W Stann Creek 0.0649 §

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Islands.

Coordinates.

District.

Surface

area

(km²).

Popu-

lation.

Year

Southwest Caye 16 43N 87 51W Belize 0.087

and

0.0623

§

Spanish Lookout Caye 17 24 40N

88 04 15W Belize 0.76 §

St. Georges Caye 17 33 10N

88 04 30W Belize § 656 2010

Tobacco Caye 16 54N 88 04W Stann Creek 0.025 16 2000

West Snake Caye 16 11 30N

88 34 16W Toledo 0.0535 0

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Lakes and lagoons. Coordinates. District. Surface

area

(km²).

Altitude

(metres).

Bennett’s Lagoon 17 58N 88 10W Corozal 4 0

Commerce Bight Lagoon 16 54N 88 17W Stann Creek § §

Crooked Tree Lagoon, see Northern Lagoon.

Five Blues Lake 17 07 46N

88 35 35W Cayo 0.03 approx. 70

Gra Gra Lagoon 16 56 30N

88 14 10W Stann Creek 1.2 0

Midwinters Lagoon 17 45N 18 14W Belize § 0

New River Lagoon 17 40N 88 39W Orange Walk 13.55 §

Northern Lagoon 17 21N 88 20W Belize 32 0

Northern Lagoon

(Crooked Tree Lagoon)

17 47N 88 32W Belize 10 §

Northern River Lagoon 17 55N 88 12W Belize 8 0

Placencia Lagoon

(Placentia Lagoon)

16 36N 88 22W Stann Creek 30 0

Progresso Lagoon 18 13N 88 25W Corozal § 0

Punta Ycacos Lagoon 16 17N 88 37W Toledo 90 0

Sapodilla Lagoon 16 46N 88 19W Stann Creek 3.2 0

Shipstern Lagoon 18 16N 88 10W Corozal 42 0

Southern Lagoon 17 13N 88 20W Belize 32 0

Southern Lagoon 17 40N 88 32W Belize § §

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Mountains. Coordinates. District. Height

(metres).

Baldy Beacon 17 00N 88 47W Cayo 1,020

Copetilla, Mount 16 47N 88 41W Stann Creek approx. 950

Doyle’s Delight 16 30N 89 03W Cayo/Toledo 1,124

Hope, Mount 17 11N 88 58W Cayo 215

Margaret, Mount 17 03N 88 36W Cayo 940

Middlesex 17 03N 88 30W Stann Creek 575

Mossy, Mount 16 58N 88 33W Stann Creek 970

Richardson Peak 16 36N 88 47W Toledo 1,000

Victoria Peak 16 49N 88 37W Stann Creek 1,120

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Populated places. Coordinates. District. Popula-

tion.

Year

Aguacate 16 10N 89 05W Toledo 369 2010

All Pines [Stann Creek] → Supplement.

Altamira (Alta Mira) 18 24N 88 24W Corozal 210 2010

Alta Vista 16 59N 88 24W Stann Creek 369 2010

Arenal 17 01N 89 09W Cayo 612 2010

Armenia 17 09N 88 45W Cayo 1,395 2010

August Pine Ridge 17 59N 88 44W Orange Walk 1,794 2010

Barranco 16 00N 88 55W Toledo 157 2010

Belize [c] 17 30N 88 12W Belize 57,169 2010

Bella Vista 16 30N 88 32W Toledo 3,508 2010

Belmopan [c 1 Aug. 1970] 17 15N 88 46W Cayo 13,931 2010

Benque Viejo [t 19 Oct. 1904] 17 04N 89 08W Cayo 6,148 2010

Bermudian Landing 17 33N 88 32W Belize 183 2010

Big Falls 16 16N 88 53W Toledo 845 2010

Billy White 17 13N 89 03W Cayo 586 2010

Biscayne 17 44N 88 28W Belize 517 2010

Blackman Eddy 17 14N 88 55W Cayo 534 2010

Bladen (Bladden) 16 28N 88 38W Toledo 466 2010

Blue Creek 17 54N 88 54W Orange Walk 407 2010

Blue Creek 16 12N 89 03W Toledo 366 2010

Bomba 17 53N 88 17W Belize 81 2000

Boom Creek 16 05N 88 55W Toledo 100 2000

Boston 17 53N 88 18W Belize 127 2010

Branch Mouth 17 11N 89 05W Cayo 259 2000

Buena Vista 17 15N 88 56W Cayo 599 2010

Buena Vista 18 14N 88 32W Corozal 495 2010

Bullet Tree Falls 17 10N 89 07W Cayo 2,124 2010

Burrell Boom 17 34N 88 24W Belize 2,218 2010

Calcutta 18 22N 88 26W Corozal 846 2010

Caledonia 18 14N 88 29W Corozal 1,400 2010

Calla Creek 17 07N 89 08W Cayo 286 2010

Camalote 17 15N 88 49W Cayo 2,562 2010

Carmelita 17 11N 89 04W Cayo 67 2000

Carmelita 18 01N 88 32W Orange Walk 1,474 2010

Carolina 18 22N 88 26W Corozal 206 2010

Cattle Landing 16 07N 88 48W Toledo 226 2010

Caye Caulker 17 44N 88 02W Belize 1,763 2010

Cayo, see San Ignacio.

Central Farm 17 11N 89 00W Cayo 205 2010

Chan Chen 18 26N 88 26W Corozal 715 2010

Chan Pine Ridge 18 02N 88 35W Orange Walk 446 2010

Chunox 18 18N 88 21W Corozal 1,375 2010

Commerce Bight [Stann Creek] → Supplement.

Concepción 18 19N 88 28W Corozal 1,257 2010

Conejo [* 1912] 16 03N 89 00W Toledo 210 2010

Consejo 18 27N 88 18W Corozal 350 2010

Cool Shade 17 10N 88 58W Cayo 51 2000

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Populated places. Coordinates. District. Popula-

tion.

Year

Copper Bank (San Fernando) 18 19N 88 21W Corozal 470 2010

Corazón 16 03N 89 07W Toledo 188 2010

Corozal [t] 18 24N 88 23W Corozal 10,287 2010

Corozalito 17 50N 88 16W Belize 84 2000

Cotton Tree 17 17N 88 43W Cayo 1,572 2010

Cow Creek 16 59N 88 24W Stann Creek 61 2000

Cow Pen (Cowpen) 16 34N 88 32W Stann Creek 1,042 2010

Crique Jute 16 16N 89 01W Toledo 223 2010

Crique Largo Toledo 106 2000

Crique Sarco [* 1910] 15 59N 89 06W Toledo 328 2010

Cristo Rey 17 08N 89 03W Cayo 873 2010

Cristo Rey 18 21N 88 30W Corozal 869 2010

Crooked Tree 17 47N 88 32W Belize 805 2010

Cuatro Leguas (Quatro Leguas) 17 55N 88 59W Orange Walk 154 2010

Dangriga (until 1975, Stann Creek)

[t]

16 58N 88 13W Stann Creek 9,591 2010

Dolores 15 59N 89 13W Toledo 460 2010

Double Head Cabbage 17 33N 88 33W Belize 406 2010

Douglas 18 14N 88 36W Orange Walk 521 2010

Duck Run 1 17 13N 89 01W Cayo 663 2010

Duck Run 2 17 15N 89 02W Cayo 371 2010

Duck Run 3 17 16N 89 02W Cayo 400 2010

Dump 16 14N 88 56W Toledo 198 2010

El Cayo, see San Ignacio.

Eldridge, see Elridge.

Elridge (Eldridge) 16 08N 88 51W Toledo 514 2010

Esperanza 17 11N 89 02W Cayo 1,262 2010

Esperanza 16 26N 88 32W Toledo 55 2000

Fire Burn 17 52N 88 38W Orange Walk 106 2000

Flowers Bank 17 37N 88 30W Belize 121 2010

Forest Home 16 08N 88 50W Toledo 479 2010

Frank’s Eddy 17 15N 88 38W Cayo 378 2010

Gales Point 17 11N 88 20W Belize 296 2010

Gardenia 17 40N 88 25W Belize 303 2010

Georgetown 16 39N 88 30W Stann Creek 473 2010

Georgeville 17 12N 88 59W Cayo 921 2010

Golden Stream 16 22N 88 48W Toledo 349 2010

Gracie Rock 17 24N 88 27W Belize 255 2010

Graham Creek 15 56N 89 08W Toledo 52 2000

Guinea Grass 17 58N 88 36W Orange Walk 3,218 2010

Hattieville 17 27N 88 24W Belize 2,344 2010

Hicattee 16 17N 88 52W Toledo 363 2010

Hill Bank 17 36N 88 42W Orange Walk 78 1960

Hope Creek 17 00N 88 19W Stann Creek 1,128 2010

Hopeville 16 07N 88 48W Toledo 176 2000

Hopkins [* 1941] 16 52N 88 17W Stann Creek 1,610 2010

Hummingbird Community 17 04N 88 35W Stann Creek 466 2010

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Populated places. Coordinates. District. Popula-

tion.

Year

Independence 16 32N 88 25W Stann Creek 4,014 2010

Indian Church 17 45N 88 39W Orange Walk 267 2010

Indian Creek 17 45N 88 44W Orange Walk 904 2010

Indian Creek 16 19N 88 50W Toledo 721 2010

Isabella Bank 17 35N 88 32W Belize 143 2010

Jacinto 16 09N 88 53W Toledo 337 2010

Jalacté 16 12N 89 12W Toledo 769 2010

Kendal (Kendall) 16 49N 88 23W Stann Creek 118 2010

La Democracia 17 21N 88 33W Belize 353 2010

Ladyville 17 33N 88 18W Belize 5,458 2010

La Gracia 17 21N 88 56W Cayo 271 2010

Laguna 16 10N 88 56W Toledo 257 2010

Lemonal 17 37N 88 36W Belize 169 2010

Libertad 18 19N 88 27W Corozal 1,606 2010

Little Belize 18 12N 88 24W Corozal 2,650 2010

Long Bank 16 58N 88 16W Stann Creek 164 2010

Lord’s Bank 17 33N 88 20W Belize 3,140 2010

Los Tambos 17 19N 89 01W Cayo 357 2010

Louisville 18 19N 88 31W Corozal 880 2010

Lower Barton Creek 17 10N 88 55W Cayo 193 2010

Lucky Strike 17 47N 88 19W Belize 244 2010

Mabilha (Mabelha) 16 06N 89 05W Toledo 205 2010

Mafredi 16 15N 89 00W Toledo 149 2010

Mahogany Heights 17 20N 88 34W Belize 1,063 2010

Mango Walk 16 27N 88 32W Toledo 244 2010

Maskall 17 53N 88 19W Belize 803 2010

Maya Beach 16 37N 88 21W Stann Creek 229 2010

Maya Centre 16 48N 88 23W Stann Creek 386 2010

Maya Mopan 16 40N 88 31W Stann Creek 632 2010

May Pen 17 39N 88 28W Belize 59 2000

Medina Bank 16 26N 88 45W Toledo 237 2010

Melinda 17 00N 88 21W Stann Creek 169 2000

Middlesex 17 02N 88 31W Stann Creek 221 2010

Midway 16 04N 88 57W Toledo 240 2010

Monkey River 16 22N 88 29W Toledo 196 2010

More Tomorrow 17 21N 88 42W Cayo 154 2010

Mullins River 17 06N 88 19W Stann Creek 235 2010

Na Lum Cah 16 17N 89 05W Toledo 69 2000

Nuevo San Juan, see San Juan.

Ontario (Ontario Village) 17 13N 88 53W Cayo 775 2010

Orange Walk [t] 18 05N 88 34W Orange Walk 13,709 2010

Otoxha 16 01N 89 11W Toledo 262 2010

Paraiso 18 25N 88 24W Corozal 1,007 2010

Paslow Falls 17 10N 89 08W Cayo 193 2010

Patchakán (Patchacan) 18 24N 88 28W Corozal 1,374 2010

Pine Hill (Pinehill) 16 15N 88 50W Toledo 205 2010

Placencia (Placentia) 16 31N 88 22W Stann Creek 1,753 2010

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Populated places. Coordinates. District. Popula-

tion.

Year

Pomona 17 00N 88 22W Stann Creek 1,730 2010

Progreso (Progresso) 18 14N 88 24W Corozal 1,357 2010

Pueblo Viejo 16 12N 89 08W Toledo 433 2010

Punta Gorda [t] 16 06N 88 49W Toledo 5,351 2010

Quatro Leguas, see Cuatro Leguas.

Ranchito 18 23N 88 25W Corozal 1,340 2010

Rancho Dolores 17 32N 88 38W Belize 217 2010

Red Bank 16 37N 88 34W Stann Creek 1,201 2010

Ringtail 17 08N 88 39W Cayo 186 2010

Riversdale 16 41N 88 19W Stann Creek 567 2010

Roaring Creek 17 16N 88 48W Cayo 1,974 2010

Roaring River 17 12N 88 49W Cayo 53 2000

Rock Stone Pond 17 46N 88 21W Belize 154 2010

San Andrés 18 23N 88 25W Corozal 1,049 2010

San Antonio 17 05N 89 01W Cayo 1,847 2010

San Antonio 18 24N 88 24W Corozal 517 2010

San Antonio

(San Antonio Rio Hondo)

18 08N 88 41W Orange Walk 402 2010

San Antonio 16 15N 89 01W Toledo 1,204 2010

San Benito Poité 16 07N 89 11W Toledo 543 2010

San Carlos 17 43N 88 39W Orange Walk 138 2010

Sand Hill 17 38N 88 22W Belize 1,843 2010

San Estevan 18 09N 88 31W Orange Walk 1,661 2010

San Felipe 17 52N 88 46W Orange Walk 1,499 2010

San Felipe 16 08N 88 54W Toledo 353 2010

San Fernando, see Copper Bank.

San Ignacio (until 1960, Cayo;

El Cayo) [t 19 Oct. 1904]

17 09N 89 05W Cayo 10,489 2010

San Isidro 16 31N 88 33W Toledo 375 2010

San Joaquín 18 21N 88 27W Corozal 1,470 2010

San José 17 10N 89 06W Cayo 93 2000

San José 18 12N 88 34W Orange Walk 2,862 2010

San José 16 16N 89 06W Toledo 849 2010

San José Palmar 18 04N 88 34W Orange Walk 1,355 2010

San José Succotz 17 05N 89 08W Cayo 2,322 2010

San Juan (Nuevo San Juan) 18 14N 88 35W Orange Walk 320 2010

San Juan 16 34N 88 31W Stann Creek 437 2010

San Lázaro 18 02N 88 40W Orange Walk 1,051 2010

San Lorenzo 18 09N 88 37W Orange Walk 404 2010

San Lucas 16 05N 89 06W Toledo 121 2000

San Luis 18 12N 88 36W Orange Walk 257 2010

San Marcos 16 13N 88 54W Toledo 623 2010

San Miguel 16 18N 88 56W Toledo 537 2010

San Narciso 18 18N 88 31W Corozal 2,422 2010

San Pablo 18 13N 88 34W Orange Walk 1,129 2010

San Pablo 16 37N 88 35W Toledo 250 2010

San Pedro [t 1984] 17 55N 87 58W Belize 11,765 2010

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Populated places. Coordinates. District. Popula-

tion.

Year

San Pedro 18 20N 88 30W Corozal 519 2010

San Pedro Columbia 16 16N 88 57W Toledo 1,703 2010

San Román 18 18N 88 31W Corozal 884 2010

San Román 18 12N 88 38W Orange Walk 438 2010

San Román 16 39N 88 28W Stann Creek 894 2010

Santa Ana 16 06N 88 57W Toledo 290 2010

Santa Clara 18 17N 88 31W Corozal 862 2010

Santa Cruz 18 07N 88 42W Orange Walk 259 2010

Santa Cruz 16 42N 88 25W Stann Creek 774 2010

Santa Cruz 16 14N 89 05W Toledo 386 2010

Santa Elena [t] 17 10N 89 03W Cayo 7,389 2010

Santa Elena 16 14N 89 06W Toledo 200 2010

Santa Familia 17 11N 89 04W Cayo 1,598 2010

Santa Marta (Santa Martha) 17 05N 88 37W Cayo 1,136 2010

Santa Marta (Santa Martha) 17 58N 88 23W Orange Walk 601 2010

Santana 17 48N 88 18W Belize 104 2010

Santa Rosa 17 08N 89 08W Cayo 98 2000

Santa Rosa 16 40N 88 27W Stann Creek 542 2010

Santa Teresa 16 08N 89 03W Toledo 370 2010

San Vicente 16 14N 89 12W Toledo 441 2010

San Victor 18 16N 88 35W Corozal 962 2010

Sarawee (Sarawina) 16 58N 88 16W Stann Creek 525 2010

Sarteneja 18 21N 88 09W Corozal 1,824 2010

Scotland Halfmoon 17 34N 88 30W Belize 259 2010

Seine Bight 16 34N 88 22W Stann Creek 1,310 2010

Selena 17 18N 88 59W Cayo 201 2010

Seven Miles 17 06N 88 57W Cayo 483 2010

Shipyard 17 54N 88 39W Orange Walk 3,345 2010

Silk Grass 16 53N 88 20W Stann Creek 1,092 2010

Silver Creek 16 17N 88 53W Toledo 476 2010

Sittee River 16 49N 88 19W Stann Creek 439 2010

South Stann Creek 16 43N 88 25W Stann Creek 686 2010

Spanish Lookout 17 15N 89 00W Cayo 2,253 2010

Springfield 17 09N 88 48W Cayo 270 2010

Stann Creek, see Dangriga.

Steadfast 17 00N 88 26W Stann Creek 481 2010

St. Georges Caye 17 33N 88 04W Belize 656 2010

St. Matthews 17 17N 88 38W Cayo 1,153 2010

St. Paul’s Bank 17 31N 88 35W Belize 153 2010

Sunday Wood 16 02N 89 02W Toledo 285 2010

Swasey 16 31N 88 34W Toledo 257 2010

Sylvestre Camp 17 35N 89 05W Orange Walk 206 2000

Tambran 16 22N 88 47W Toledo 62 2000

Teakettle 17 13N 88 51W Cayo 1,747 2010

Tower Hill 18 02N 88 34W Orange Walk 315 2010

Tres Leguas 17 53N 88 58W Orange Walk 158 2010

Trial Farm 18 06N 88 34W Orange Walk 4,264 2010

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Populated places. Coordinates. District. Popula-

tion.

Year

Trinidad 18 02N 88 41W Orange Walk 570 2010

Trio 16 31N 88 38W Toledo 899 2010

Unitedville 17 13N 88 56W Cayo 971 2010

Upper Barton Creek 17 08N 88 56W Cayo 380 2010

Valley Community 17 00N 88 27W Stann Creek 627 2010

Valley of Peace 17 20N 88 50W Cayo 2,112 2010

Western Paradise 17 28N 88 18W Belize 1,258 2010

Willows Bank 17 32N 88 34W Belize 185 2010

Xaibe 18 23N 88 26W Corozal 1,575 2010

Yalbac 17 23N 88 57W Cayo 53 2000

Yemery Grove 16 11N 88 54W Toledo 265 2010

Yo Chen 18 21N 88 30W Corozal 60 2000

Yo Creek 18 06N 88 38W Orange Walk 1,413 2010

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Rivers. Mouth

coordinates.

District. Length

(km).

Catch-

ment

area

(km²).

Discharging into:

August Creek 16 33N 88 24W Stann Creek 15 250 Placencia Lagoon

Belize River 17 32N 88 14W (Guatemala)/Cayo/

Belize

1) 290 9,434 Caribbean Sea

Cabbage Haul Creek 16 45N 88 19W Stann Creek § 103 Sapodilla Lagoon

Chiquibul River (Spanish

Río Chiquibul)

16 58N 89 13W Cayo/(Guatemala) 62 § Río Mopan

Deep River 16 17N 88 39W Toledo § 347 Port Honduras

Golden Stream 16 13N 88 44W Toledo § 204 Port Honduras

Grande, Rio 16 08N 88 45W Toledo § 772 Gulf of Honduras

Hondo, Rio (Hondo River)

(Spanish Río Hondo)

18 29N 88 19W (Guatemala/

México)/Orange

Walk/Corozal

205 14,708 2)

Chetumal Bay

Macal River 17 11N 89 05W Cayo 80 1,492 Belize River

Manatee River 17 14N 88 18W Stann Creek/Belize § 484 Caribbean Sea

Moho River (Río Moho) 16 04N 88 51W (Guatemala)/

Toledo

40 1,583 Bay of Amatique

Monkey River 16 22N 88 29W Toledo 60 1,275 Caribbean Sea

Mopan River

(Spanish Río Mopan)

17 11N 89 05W (Guatemala)/Cayo 171 4,570 Belize River

Mullins River 17 06N 88 17W Stann Creek 30 221 Caribbean Sea

New River 18 21N 88 23W Orange Walk/

Corozal

100 1,900 Corozal Bay

North Stann Creek 16 58N 88 13W Stann Creek 30 518 Caribbean Sea

Santa Maria Creek 16 38N 88 22W Stann Creek 10 347 Placencia Lagoon

Sarstoon River (Spanish

Río Sarstún)

15 54N 88 55W (Guatemala)/

Toledo

111 3) 2,303 Bay of Amatique

Sarstún, Río, see Sarstoon River.

Sibun River (Xibun River) 17 26N 88 16W Cayo/Belize 145 1,222 Caribbean Sea

Sittee River 16 48N 88 15W Stann Creek 50 474 Caribbean Sea

South Stann Creek 16 43N 88 18W Stann Creek § 261 Caribbean Sea

Temash River (Spanish

Río Temash)

15 59N 88 56W (Guatemala)/

Toledo

§ 4) 475 Bay of Amatique

Xibun River, see Sibun River.

1) including Mopan River

2) watershed area in Belize: 3,010 km², in Guatemala: 2,873 km², in Mexico: 8,825 km²

3) watershed area in Belize: 194 km², in Guatemala: 2,109 km²

4) watershed area in Belize: 360 km², in Guatemala: 115 km²

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All Pines, former village, Stann Creek district, 21 km SSW of Dangriga, 16º47.5′N, 88º18′W.

Population (1946, including Sittee River): 538. The site was abandoned in the 1960s.

Commerce Bight, former village, Stann Creek district, 14 km SW of Dangriga, 16º52′N, 88º19′W.

Population (1946): 510. Commerce Bight was destroyed by hurricane “Hattie” on 31 October 1961;

the community relocated to Silk Grass.

Northern District, former district. The district was created in the late 1930s, when the districts of

Corozal and Orange Walk were united. Area: 6,599 km². Population (1946): 12,293. District

capital was the town of Corozal. Northern District was abolished in 1950, when the districts of

Corozal and Orange Walk were re-established.

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Previously published:

1. Gazetteer of Greenland. 2005.

http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php

2. Gazetteer of Ireland. 2007.

http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr16.pdf

3. Gazetteer of Botswana. 2010.

http://perhaug.blogspot.no/2011/02/gazetteer-of-botswana.html

http://www.slideshare.net/drpapas/gazetteer-of-botswana

4. Gazetteer of Ireland. 2nd ed. 2011.

http://perhaug.blogspot.no/2011/02/gazetteer-of-ireland.html

http://www.slideshare.net/drpapas/gazetteer-of-ireland

5. Gazetteer of Guyana. 2012.

http://perhaug.blogspot.no/2012/05/gazetteer-of-guyane.html

http://www.slideshare.net/drpapas/gazetteer-of-guyana

6. Gazetteer of Uruguay. 2013.

http://perhaug.blogspot.no/2013/03/gazetteer-of-urufuay.html

http://www.slideshare.net/drpapas/gazetteer-of-uruguay

7. Gazetteer of Ireland. 3rd ed. 2013.

http://www.slideshare.net/peivhau/gazetteer-of-ireland-3rd