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San Ignacio Cayo is a town in the west of the nation of Belize; it is capital of Belize's Cayo District. San Ignacio Cayo, Belize. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... The Cayo District is a district in the west of the nation of Belize. ...

San Ignacio Cayo is on the banks of the Macal River, a branch of the Belize River, about 72 miles (115 kilometres) west of Belize City and 22 miles (35 km) from Belmopan. The population is largely Maya Indian and Mestizo, with some Lebanese. Belize River is a river located in Belize _ it drains more than one_quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains across the center of the country to the sea near Belize City. ... Memorial Park, Belize City The Swing Bridge, Belize City Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. ... City Seal Belmopan, estimated population 7,000, is the capital of Belize. ... This article will mostly concern itself with the Maya civilization after the conquest by Spain. ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; Canadian French, Métis: from Late Latin mixtcius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscre, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the peoples of mixed European and Amerindian racial strain inhabiting the region spanning the Americas, from the Canadian prairies in the north...

In recent years San Ignacio has absorbed the formerly separate village of Santa Elena. Santa Elena stands on the other side of the river, which is spanned here by the Hawkesworth Suspension Bridge. According to the 2000 census, San Ignacio/Santa Elena had a population of 13,545 people. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The ancient Maya ruins of Xunantunich and Cahal Pech are nearby. The Maya are people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. ... Xunantunich (shoo-NAHN-too-nich) is a Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 80 miles (130 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. ... Cahal Pech is a Maya site located near the Town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize. ...

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External link

• belize.com (http://www.belize.com)