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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... move to sidebar hide. Stann Creek can refer to: Stann Creek District , Belize Dangriga (formerly ...
Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2022 census, the district had a population of 48,162 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stanns," or safe havens used by colonialists coming from the "old world" to the "new world."
British Honduras, 1965, showing Stann Creek Railway Diesel locomotives in a banana plantation [2] After banana production was reduced to 5,000 stems a week in 1924 and the United Fruit Company ceased operations, the government procured two diesel shunting locomotives capable of handling the entire line at 8 mph (13 km/h).
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Stann Creek: Dangriga: 2,550 km 2 (986 sq mi) 48,162 34,324 +40.3%: 18.9/km 2 (48.8/sq mi)
The Dangriga constituency was created as Stann Creek Town for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency assumed its current name as of the 1979 general election. It includes the town of Dangriga as well as the nearby Sarawee and Hope Creek areas.
Santa Cruz (Santacruz) is originally a Spanish term meaning “Holy Cross” and referring to the cross on which Jesus was crucified. The name was first used by Levi Flores, one of the first settlers of this village, to identify this place and thereafter villagers followed by making it the official name of this village.
South Stann Creek on valley floor of Cockscomb West Basin. South Stann Creek is a watercourse in southeastern Belize. The administrative division, Stann Creek District, is named after the river. South Stann Creek rises in the foothills of the eastern slopes of the Maya Mountains within the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. It drains the ...