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The Placencia Peninsula was resettled in the late 1800s by several families. Placencia prospered and soon became a village, earning its livelihood from the sea. The Spaniards that traveled the southern coast of Belize gave Placencia its name. At that time Placencia was called Placentia, with the point being called Punta Placentia, or Pleasant ...
Seine Bight is a village on the Placencia Peninsula located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. It is located 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles south of Maya Beach Village and North of the village of Placencia. [1] This small village has roughly 1,000 inhabitants, mostly Garifuna people who subsist on fishing, hunting, and homegrown vegetables. [2]
Tourism in Belize is a major industry in the country. The sector has grown in the 2020s, with international arrivals reportedly increasing 30% in 2024, the highest rate in the Caribbean . [ 3 ] Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow stated his intention to use tourism to combat poverty throughout the country.
The Placencia Breeze is a monthly newspaper written by the Placencia division of the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA). The Breeze places less emphasis on traditional news and focuses on community efforts and tourism related developments. It is the home town paper of the popular Belizean tourist destination, Placencia.
Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve (GSSCMR) is a protected marine reserve in the central part of Belize's Barrier Reef. It covers approximately 25,980 acres (10,510 ha) lying 36 kilometres (22 mi) off the coast of Placencia.
This creek has been used by fishing boats to easily access the center of Belize City and the Caribbean Sea. The creek still hosts the fleet of traditional fishing wooden boats (mostly from Sarteneja, Chunox and Copper bank) moored on posts to this present day (while the remaining Belize city wooden boats known as "sandlighters" that used to dock here now anchor in the north coast of Belize city).
Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize.It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. [1] The name Sarteneja is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name Tza-ten-a-ha, which means 'water between the rocks'.
The early stages of bird conservation in Belize are attributed to the Belize Audubon Society, whose first conservation project was the jabiru, added to Belize's list of protected species in 1973. [16] In 1977, the government established seven bird sanctuaries for the protection of waterfowl nesting and roosting colonies.