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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 ( ) 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 Belizes 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 km
Population (2010 census): 322,453
Max. length north-south: 274 km
Max. length east-west: 109 km
Southernmost point: 15 53 09 N (at Sarstoon River, Guatemala border, 8913 20 W)
Northernmost point: 18 29 45 N (at Rio Hondo, Mexico border, 88 24 08 W) Westernmost point: 8913 39 W (at Sarstoon River (here called Ro Gracias a
Dios), Guatemala border, 15 53 46 N) Easternmost point: 87 29 10 W (on Sandbore Caye, Lighthouse Reef,
17 27 50 N) Capital: Belmopan
Former capital: Belize (until 3 Aug. 1970)
Largest island: Ambergris Caye, 130 km
Largest lake: New River Lagoon, 13.55 km
Longest river: Belize River, 290 km
Highest mountain: Doyles Delight, 1,124 m
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First-order administrative subdivisions:
Districts. Coordinates. Area
(km).
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
(Baha de Amatique)
15 55N 88 45W Toledo/(Guatemala) 40
Chetumal Bay (Baha de Chetumal) 18 30N 88 10W Corozal/(Mxico) 55
Corozal Bay 18 23N 88 21W Corozal 8
Lowrys Bight 18 21N 88 19W Corozal 5
Warree Bight 18 21N 88 14W Corozal 2
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Islands.
Coordinates.
District.
Surface
area
(km).
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
Franks 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
(km).
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
(km).
Altitude
(metres).
Bennetts 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
Doyles 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.
Concepcin 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
Corazn 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
Franks 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
Jalact 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
Lords 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
Patchakn (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 Andrs 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 Poit 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 Joaqun 18 21N 88 27W Corozal 1,470 2010
San Jos 17 10N 89 06W Cayo 93 2000
San Jos 18 12N 88 34W Orange Walk 2,862 2010
San Jos 16 16N 89 06W Toledo 849 2010
San Jos Palmar 18 04N 88 34W Orange Walk 1,355 2010
San Jos 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 Lzaro 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 Romn 18 18N 88 31W Corozal 884 2010
San Romn 18 12N 88 38W Orange Walk 438 2010
San Romn 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. Pauls 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
(km).
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
Ro Chiquibul)
16 58N 89 13W Cayo/(Guatemala) 62 Ro 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 Ro Hondo)
18 29N 88 19W (Guatemala/
Mxico)/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 (Ro 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 Ro 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
Ro Sarstn)
15 54N 88 55W (Guatemala)/
Toledo
111 3) 2,303 Bay of Amatique
Sarstn, Ro, 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
Ro 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 km, in Guatemala: 2,873 km, in Mexico: 8,825 km
3) watershed area in Belize: 194 km, in Guatemala: 2,109 km
4) watershed area in Belize: 360 km, in Guatemala: 115 km
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Supplement.
All Pines, former village, Stann Creek district, 21 km SSW of Dangriga, 1647.5N, 8818W. 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, 1652N, 8819W. 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 km. 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
