San Pedro (Belize)
Coordinates: 17 ° 55 ′ N , 87 ° 58 ′ W
San Pedro is a small town in the south of Ambergris Caye Island in Belize, Central America . Almost all of the island's residents live in this city.
The city has around 12,900 inhabitants (estimate as of mid-2009) and administratively belongs to the Belize District . San Pedro was founded in 1848 by mestizo refugees from the Caste War in Yucatán . In the following years, a dye industry based on the cultivation of logwood developed . The place experienced a further boom through the chicle production .
Today San Pedro lives almost exclusively from tourism and especially from divers who start from here on the nearby Belize Barrier Reef .
In San Pedro itself there are only a few cars that are otherwise subject to strict permits. Most of the traffic is carried out with electric and gasoline-powered golf karts. San Pedro has a paved road network.
San Pedro is the place where Madonna sings about longing in her song: La Isla Bonita from 1986
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- ↑ 2012 smaller.pdf Statistics Belize: Abstract of Statistics, 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/mayan/history.html
