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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."
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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 ...
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The area that would later become Billy Barquedier National Park was named in the early 1960s, as the Billy Barquedier creek runs through it. The creek is so named in part for a nearby barquedier (also spelled barquadier or barcadere), a structure similar to a pier. [4] The origin of the name "Billy," however, is unknown.
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.
Stann Creek West is an electoral constituency in the Stann Creek District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Area representatives