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Spanish Lookout is a Mennonite settlement in the Cayo District of Belize in Central America. According to the 2010 census, Spanish Lookout had a population of 2,253 people in 482 households (2005 census has population is 2,300 and 2000 census had population is 1,786). [2] As of the 2022 census, population have increased to 3,108. [1]
Although English is the official language, Spanish is spoken by the majority of Belize's population. [14] Also, according to the 2000 census, about 50% of the Belizean population declared themselves Catholics. [13] Hispanics in Belize are mainly concentrated in the central and western parts of the country.
Other metropolitan areas have lower, yet still serious, levels of crime. Low apprehension and conviction rates contribute to the high crime rate. Before the drug war in Mexico, there were roughly 300 murders in the border city of Ciudad Juarez in 2007. In 2010, state officials reported a peak of 3,622 homicides in the city.
Belize (/ b ɪ ˈ l iː z, b ɛ-/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south.
San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2024 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 20,000. [4] It is the second-largest town in the Belize District and largest in the Belize Rural South constituency. The once ...
When Cortés passed through the southwestern corner of present-day Belize in 1525, there were settlements of Ch'ol-speaking Manche in that area. When the Spanish "pacified" the region in the 17th century, they forcibly displaced these settlements to the Guatemalan Highlands. The Spanish launched their main incursions into the area from Yucatán ...
In the year 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, claiming that the entire west of New World was for Spain, including the current Belize. Later, in the mid-16th century, the Spanish conquerors explored that territory, declaring it a Spanish colony [5] and being incorporated into the General Captaincy of Guatemala on December 27, 1527, when it was founded. [6]
This makes Toledo the only district in Belize where native languages are spoken by a majority. [4] On the 2010 census, about 18% of the population were native spanish speakers. Only 12.6% of the population had English as their first language, making it by far one of the least english-speaking districts of Belize.