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Placencia
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Place details
- Locality
- Placencia
- Region
- Stann Creek
- Country
- Belize
- Population
- 4,300
- Timezone
- America/Belize
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Placencia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Maya Beach, Placencia, Belize.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Placencia Beach
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belize
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Stann Creek
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Stann Creek West
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 11
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 36
- Settlement.population_total
- <2000 (estimate)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.timezone
- Central No DST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -6
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Placencia
- Population
- 282
- Elevation
- 11
- Image
- Maya Beach, Placencia, Belize.jpg
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- Placencia, Belize
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- Placencia
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- History
- Location and geographic setting
- Demographics
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Placencia is a small village located in the Stann Creek District of Belize.
==History== Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, the Placencia Peninsula was inhabited by the Maya. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Maya in this area produced salt and traded it with other settlements along the coast.
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