San Pedro Town

17.921388888889 - 87.961111111111Koordinaten: 17 ° 55 ' N, 87 ° 58 ' W

San Pedro is a small town in the south of the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize Central America. Almost all the inhabitants of the island live in this city.

The city has about 12,900 inhabitants (estimated in mid-2009 ) and administratively belongs to the Belize District. San Pedro was founded in 1848 by Mestizenflüchtlingen the caste war of Yucatán. In subsequent years, a dye industry developed based on the cultivation of logwood. A further boost to the city by the Chicleproduktion.

Today, San Pedro lives almost exclusively on tourism and here in particular of divers who start from here to the nearby Belize Barrier Reef.

In San Pedro itself, there are few cars that are subject to strict permits otherwise. The traffic is mainly with electric and gasoline powered golf carts. San Pedro has a fortified road network.

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• Place in Belize
• Belize District