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Corozal, the northmost town in Belize, was founded in 1848 by refugees from the Maya Indian uprising against the Spanish in neighboring Yucatán. This uprising, known as the Caste War of Yucatán (from the Spanish "castes" or race), began as a war against the Spaniards, but it eventually became a war against the Mestizos.
Elections took place across the eight towns and two cities in Belize; Punta Gorda, Dangriga, San Ignacio and Santa Elena, Benque Viejo del Carmen, Orange Walk Town, Corozal Town, San Pedro Town, Belmopan and Belize City. [3] 163 candidates stood for the 67 seats available. [4]
While Corozal District depended for many years on the sugar industry, at one time having its own sugar factory in Libertad Village, today the economy is more diversified. Sugar production and other agricultural crops such as papaya are still central to the way of life of many rural Corozalenos, but occupations in the tourism industry are slowly ...
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From 1902 to 1905 Corozal became one with Toa Alta, an adjoining municipality. [4] In 2000 census the population of Corozal was 36,867, and it had a land area of 43 sq mi (111 km 2). Intense wind and rainfall from Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 triggered numerous landslides in Corozal, [5] [6] and bridges and homes were destroyed. [7]
The Corozal Sugar Factory in Libertad, Belize (2015) The Corozal Sugar Factory began operating in 1937 in Pembroke Hall, Belize (present day Libertad). [1] Today the factory is abandoned, but delayed plans to repair it and add a new distillery for ethanol production have been underway since 2007.