Placencia is a peninsula on the Caribbean Sea coast of the Stann Creek District of Belize. Starting in the late 20th century it became a tourism destination. The largest community on the peninsula is the Village of Placencia, with a population of 458 permanent residents in the 2000 census. Stann is a word that came from when the colonialist were coming from the old world to the new world and needed safe havens, they would go in "stanns." Thats how the name of this area came about. Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ... The Stann Creek District is a district in the south east of the nation of Belize. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...