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Punta Gorda | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Punta Gorda Town, | |
 Punta Gorda Town Square | |
| Nickname: P.G. | |
  Punta Gorda | |
| Coordinates: 16°06′02″N 88°48′27″W / 16.1005°N 88.8074°W | |
| Country |  Belize |
| District | Toledo |
| Constituency | Toledo East |
| Founded | 1802 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ashton Mckenzie (UDP) |
| Elevation | 4.5 m (14.8 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 5,351 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 6,027 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Climate | Af |
| Website | www |
Punta Gorda, declared a town on Monday, 21 January 1895, known locally as P.G., is the capital and largest town of Toledo District in southern Belize. Punta Gorda is the southernmost sizable town in the nation, with a population of about 5,000 people. Although the town bears a Spanish name, its inhabitants are mostly Kriol/English-speaking and are primarily of Garifuna, East Indian, Kriol, and Maya descent.
Punta Gorda is a seaport and fishing town on the Caribbean Sea. It was a small fishing village before it was settled by a number of Garifuna emigrants from Honduras in 1823. The Garifuna refer to the town as Peini.[3] The town is about fifteen feet above sea level.
- ^ "Belize Population and Housing Census 2010" (PDF). Statistical Institute of Belize. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates by Area and Sex 2008 - 2015". Statistical Institute of Belize. Retrieved 14 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Joynes-Burgess, Kate (2011). Belize: A Great Destination. Woodstock, Vermont: Countryman Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-1581571295.