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Corozal District includes the villages of Buena Vista, Calcutta, Caledonia, Carolina, Chan Chen, Chunox, Concepcion, Consejo, Copper Bank, Corozal Town is not a village in the Corozal District, Cristo Rey, Estrella, Libertad, Little Belize, Louisville, Paraiso, Patchakan, Progresso, Ranchito, San Andres, San Antonio, San Joaquin, San Narciso, San Roman, San Victor, Santa Clara, Sarteneja, Xaibe, and Yo Chen.
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Corozal and District
Nevertheless, most of the refugees were small farmers who, by 1857, were growing considerable quantities of sugar, rice, corn, and vegetables in the Northern District ( now Corozal and Orange Walk districts ).
Mr. James Blake, a magistrate, let them settle on lands in the Corozal District and helped them to establish the new crop — sugar cane.
The island of Ambergris Caye is geographically close to Corozal District, but it is a part of Belize District.
There are four political divisions in the Corozal District and they are all being represented by members of the ruling United Democratic Party, except for one.
While Corozal District depended for many years on the sugar industry, at one time having its own sugar factory located in Libertad Village, today the economy is more diversified.
Corozal Town, the main center of the District, is peopled by a mix of Belize's races and cultures, most notably the Mestizos.
Corozal Community College and Corozal Junior College are found in the village of San Andres and also near San Antonio in Corozal District.
Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico or ESTM is located in the village of Santa Narciso in the Corozal District.
Corozal and Chunox
Corozal and Consejo
Consejo is about 8 miles from the district capital of Corozal Town, and two miles, across the water, from Chetumal, Mexico.
Corozal and Town
In 1857 the town of Corozal, then six years old, had 4, 500 inhabitants, second in population only to Belize Town, which had 7, 000 inhabitants.
Corozal Town is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico.
Corozal Town was badly damaged by Hurricane Janet in 1955, and was substantially rebuilt afterwards.
A massacre at Bacalar, Mexico — a Mestizo stronghold about thirty miles north of Corozal Town — finally led to the exodus of thousands of Mestizos from Bacalar and the surrounding area.
These immigrants sought refuge in northern Belize, and increased the population of Corozal Town to 4500.
The Mestizo refugees were far from safe in Corozal Town as the Maya Indians from the Mexican base in Santa Cruz Bravo — today Carrillo Puerto — made several incursions in Corozal Town.
Orange Walk Town is located on the left bank of the New River, 53 miles north of Belize City and 30 miles ( 50 km ) south of Corozal Town.
Corozal and is
Corozal Bay was previously held by Vildo Marin, but in 2008 Pablo Marin won the seat under the UDP banner and is the representative for the area until the next general election.
Contraband is the most biggest source of gaining income in Corozal since it is located near the Mexican side.
This is the second largest district in terms of total area in comparison to other districts in Belize, and lies between the Belize and Corozal districts to the east, Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west.
The village is the number one producer of sugar cane in the entire two divisions which are Corozal and Orange Walk.
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