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Calabash is a small fishing town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population of the town was 2,011. [ 5 ] It is known as the "Seafood Capital of the World" because of the town's seafood restaurants.
Its southwestern border is the South Carolina state line; the town of Calabash borders Carolina Shores to the south. U.S. Route 17 (Ocean Highway) forms the northwestern border of the town; the highway leads 47 miles (76 km) northeast to Wilmington and 24 miles (39 km) southwest to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina .
North Carolina Highway 36 (NC 36) was a primary highway that existed twice, both serving Mars Hill.The first NC 36 was established in 1934, traveling between US 19/US 23, near Forks of Ivy, to the Tennessee state line at Sam's Gap and continuing on as SR 81. [3]
Calabash fruits have a variety of shapes: they can be huge and rounded, small and bottle-shaped, or slim and serpentine, and they can grow to be over a metre long. Rounder varieties are typically called calabash gourds. The gourd was one of the world's first cultivated plants grown not primarily for food, but for use as containers.
Built in 1987, the stadium underwent a major upgrade for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with a new design inspired by the shape of an African pot, the calabash. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The South African main contractor GLTA, part of the Aveng Group in a joint venture with the Dutch company BAM who had a 25% stake, constructed the upgrade, which was designed by ...