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Corozal (35)
Corozal may refer to: Places Belize * Corozal District ** Corozal Town, capital of the district *** Corozal Airport *** Corozal Junior College ** Corozal Sugar Factory, in Libertad * Corozal Bay, an inlet of Chetumal Bay Colombia * Corozal, Sucre, a city Honduras * Corozal, Honduras, a village Mexico * Frontera Corozal, Chiapas Panama * Corozal, Los Santos, a ''corregimiento'' * Corozal, Panama Canal Zone, a township in the Panama Canal Zone The Panama Canal Zone (), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a International zone#Concessions, concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area gene ... ** Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, in the township * Corozal, Veraguas, a ''corregimiento'' Puerto Rico * Corozal, Puerto Rico, a town and municipality ** Corozal barrio-pueblo, administrative center of the municipality * Corozal River Elsewhere * Corozal (crater), on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal District
Corozal is the northernmost Districts of Belize, district of the nation of Belize. The population was 46,071 in 2024. The district capital is Corozal Town. Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita ruins, Santa Rita near Corozal Town, and at Cerros. Administrative divisions There are four political divisions in the Corozal District. *''Corozal Bay (Belize House constituency), Corozal Bay'' is represented by the Peoples United Party's David "Dido" Vega, in his first term. The division includes most of Corozal Town proper. *''Corozal North'' covers the villages immediately north and west of Corozal Town and is held by three-term representative Hugo Patt of the UDP. *''Corozal South East'' has long been a PUP stronghold under father and son Florencio Marin Sr. (who stepped down in 2008 after seven terms) and Florencio Marin Jr., who is now in his fourth term. *''Corozal South West'' is represented by the PUP representative Ramiro Ramirez, who b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal (crater)
Corozal may refer to: Places Belize * Corozal District ** Corozal Town, capital of the district *** Corozal Airport *** Corozal Junior College ** Corozal Sugar Factory, in Libertad * Corozal Bay, an inlet of Chetumal Bay Colombia * Corozal, Sucre, a city Honduras * Corozal, Honduras, a village Mexico * Frontera Corozal, Chiapas Panama * Corozal, Los Santos, a ''corregimiento'' * Corozal, Panama Canal Zone, a township in the Panama Canal Zone The Panama Canal Zone (), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a International zone#Concessions, concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area gene ... ** Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, in the township * Corozal, Veraguas, a ''corregimiento'' Puerto Rico * Corozal, Puerto Rico, a town and municipality ** Corozal barrio-pueblo, administrative center of the municipality * Corozal River Elsewhere * Corozal (crater), on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal River
The Corozal River () is a river of Corozal, Puerto Rico. See also * List of rivers of Puerto Rico References External links * USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974) Rivers of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal Barrio-pueblo
Corozal barrio-pueblo is an urban barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Corozal, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,631. As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a ''pueblo'' which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the central plaza every year. History Corozal barrio-pueblo was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Corozal barrio-pueblo (Pueblo) was 1,057. Features and demographics Corozal barrio-pueblo has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,631 with a population density of . The central plaza and its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal, Puerto Rico
Corozal () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central-eastern region, north of Orocovis and Barranquitas; south of Vega Alta; southwest of Toa Alta; east of Morovis and Orocovis; and west of Naranjito. Corozal is spread over 12 barrios and Corozal Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city name is derived from the "''palma de corozo''" (grugru palm, '' Acrocomia media'') which abounds in the Cordillera Central zone of the Island. History Corozal's local Taino Indian Cacique (Chief) was named Orocobix and his tribe was known as the Jatibonicu Taino. Corozal was founded in 1795 and officially became a town in 1804. Commonly known as ''La Cuna del Volibol'' or ''Volleyball's Cradle''. It takes its name from the '' Acrocomia media'', in Puerto Rican . Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal, Veraguas
Corozal is a corregimiento in Las Palmas District, Veraguas Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ... with a population of 920 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 1,072; its population as of 2000 was 1,034. References Corregimientos of Veraguas Province {{Veraguas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal American Cemetery And Memorial
__NOTOC__ Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial is located approximately three kilometres west of Panama City, Panama. It is in the city of Corozal and is the location of 5,528 American veterans and others. A paved walkway leads from the Visitors' Center to a small memorial that sits atop a knoll overlooking the graves area. The memorial was established in 1923 by Congress to remember people who served overseas. It consists of a paved plaza with a 4-metre rectangular granite obelisk flanked by two flagpoles on which fly the United States and Panamanian flags. The plaza obelisk has engravings in Spanish and English. The English inscription reads: The American Battle Monuments Commission assumed responsibility for the care and maintenance of the Corozal American Cemetery in Panama in 1982. The cemetery is open Monday through Friday to the public from 09:00 to 16:00 except December 25 and January 1. It is open on weekends only to relatives who have family buried there. (Family me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone (), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a International zone#Concessions, concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, Panama, Colón. Its capital was Balboa, Panama, Balboa. The Panama Canal Zone was created on November 18, 1903, from the Separation of Panama from Colombia, territory of Panama; it was established with the signing of the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which allowed for the construction of the Panama Canal within the territory by the United States. The zone existed until October 1, 1979, when it was incorporated back into Panama. In 1904, the Isthmian Canal Commission, Isthmian Canal Convention was proclaimed. In it, the Republic of Panama granted to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land underwater for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal, Los Santos
Corozal is a corregimiento in Macaracas District, Los Santos Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ... with a population of 625 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 591; its population as of 2000 was 569. References Corregimientos of Los Santos Province {{LosSantos-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corozal Town
Corozal is a town in Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal, according to the main results of the 2010 census, is 9,871. Corozal was a private estate before becoming a town in the 1840s, mostly settled by Maya Mestizo refugees from the Caste War of Yucatán. Much of the town was built over an ancient Maya city, sometimes known as Santa Rita; this may have been the original Pre-Columbian town called Chactemal, which extended from present day Corozal to Chetumal, Mexico. Corozal Town was badly damaged by Hurricane Janet in 1955 and was substantially rebuilt afterward. History Corozal, the northmost town in Belize, was founded in 1848 by refugees from the Maya Indian uprising against the Spanish in neighboring Yucatán. This uprising, known as the Caste War of Yucatán (from the Spanish "castes" or race), began as a war against the Spaniards, but it eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontera Corozal, Chiapas
Frontera Corozal is a mostly Chʼol people, Ch’ol community located in the Mexican state of Chiapas on the Usumacinta River, which separates it from neighboring Guatemala. The community was founded in the 1970s by families migrating from northern Chiapas. It is known for its dock with boats called lanchas which ferry people to the otherwise inaccessible Mayan ruins of Yaxchilan as well as to Bethel, El Petén, Bethel, Guatemala. It is also home to a regional museum, which is centered on two steles found nearby at Dos Caobas. The community is located in the Lacandon Jungle, surrounded by tropical rainforest, but this area has suffered severe damage. There have been recent efforts to promote conservation here, especially on communally owned lands. As of 2010, the town of Frontera Corozal had a population of 5,184. Description Frontera Corozal is a community located in the Ocosingo municipality in the northeast of Chiapas. It is a border town, located on the banks of the Usumacinta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
