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San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2024 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 20,000. [4] It is the second-largest town in the Belize District and largest in the Belize Rural South constituency. The once ...
Ambergris Group: San Pedro: 76.8: 13400: Inner Islands 1001: Ambergris Caye, in the far northeast, is the largest island in the country. It is also a pene-exclave because it is geographically separated from the rest of the country. The Other Cays Are: San Pedro: 64: 13380: Inner Islands 1002: Blackadore Caye (Cayo Negro) North Point village: 0. ...
Ambergris Caye (/ æ m ˈ b ɜːr ɡ r ɪ s ˈ k iː / am-BUR-gris KEE; Spanish: Cayo Ambergris), is the largest island of Belize, located northeast of the country's mainland, in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long from north to south, and about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) wide.
Around the 1840s, thousands of Maya people and mestizos were driven from the area of Bacalar during the Caste War (1847-1901), [2] [11] They settled in the Corozal, Orange Walk Town, and Cayo District, as well as in the city of San Pedro in Ambergris Caye. [12] About 7000 Mexican mestizos immigrated during these years. [13]
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From 1521 to 1821, the coat of arms of New Spain, as Mexico was known, was the Cross of Saint Andrew. It was always displayed alongside the coat of arms of Spain. In 1581, Father Durán drew his version of the foundation of Mexico on his book about Mexico; the snake was included for the first time.
Marco Gonzalez is a Maya archaeological site located near the southern tip of Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize.It was first recorded in 1984 by Drs. Elizabeth Graham and David M. Pendergast, and was named by them after their local guide.