The Stann Creek District is a district in the south east of the nation of Belize. According to the 2000 census, the district had a population of 26,665 people. The district capital is the city of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town". Also in Stann Creek District are the port of Big Creek (the main port of Belize's banana industry), the peninsula and village of Placencia (a popular tourist resort), the villages of Independence and Mango Creek and Mullins River, as well as the Garifuna village of Hopkins at the Sittee River. The Stann Creek District is also home to the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & The Jaguar Preserve. Within the preserve is Victoria Peak, the highest point in Belize, at 1120 meters (3,675 feet) above sea level. File links The following pages link to this file: Stann Creek District Categories: GFDL images ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in the south of the nation of Belize, at the mouth of the river of Stann Creek on the Caribbean Sea. ... Big Creek is a sea port facility in the nation of Belize. ... Species Hybrid origin; see text A banana is a tree-like plant (though strictly an herb) of the genus Musa in the family Musaceae, closely related to plantains. ... Placencia is a peninsula on the Caribbean Sea coast of the Stann Creek District of Belize. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Independence and Mango Creek are adjacent villages in the Stann Creek District of Belize. ... Mullins River is the name of both a river and of a village on that river in the Stann Creek District of Belize. ... The Garifuna or Garífuna are an ethnic group in the Caribbean area, decended from a mix of Amerindian and African people. ...
According to the 2000 census, the district had a population of 26,665 people.
Also in StannCreekDistrict are the port of Big Creek (the main port of Belize's banana industry), the peninsula and village of Placencia (a popular tourist resort), the villages of Independence and Mango Creek and Mullins River.
The StannCreekDistrict is also home to the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & The Jaguar Preserve.
Dangriga, formerly known as StannCreek Town, is a town in the south of the nation of Belize, at the mouth of the river of StannCreek on the Caribbean Sea.
It is the capital of Belize's StannCreekDistrict.
Dangriga was first settled under the name "StannCreek Town" as a trading and logging post in the late 17th century.
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