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The village had several stores and a population of 1,063 in 2010. This represents roughly 1.2 % of the district's total population. [2] No census record was taken for the village in 2000. Mahogany Heights was named for the Honduras Mahogany tree which was cut down as a chief export of Belize during the colonial period.
There are over 180 village councils in Belize. Village councils consist of a chairperson and six councillors, who are directly elected by registered villagers. Village councils have existed in Belize on an informal basis since the 1950s, but they were first put on a statutory footing by the Village Councils Act 1999.
The economy of Belize is a small, essentially private enterprise economy that is based primarily on agriculture, tourism, and services. The cultivation of newly discovered oil in the town of Spanish Lookout has presented new prospects and problems for this developing nation. [14]
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In Belize, cassava is traditionally made into "bammy", a small fried cassava cake inherited from the Garifuna. The cassava root is grated, rinsed well, dried, salted, and pressed to form flat cakes about 4 inches in diameter and half an inch thick. The cakes are lightly fried, then dipped in coconut milk and fried again.
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San Ignacio and its sister-town Santa Elena make up Belize's third largest urban area. The two towns are connected by Belize's only suspension bridge , the one-lane Hawkesworth Bridge across the Macal river, built in 1949 and another one lane, low lying wooden bridge at the market and a two lane bridge, the Santa Elena Bridge constructed in 2018.