Matina is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

of the Matina canton, in the

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province of

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History

In 1747 the main fort (Fuerte de San Fernando de Matina) was captured by British

Baymen The Baymen were the earliest European settlers with Afro-Jamaicans and Creole-Jamaicans, along the Bay of Honduras in what eventually became the colony of British Honduras (modern-day Belize). Settlement The first Baymen settled in the Beli ...

and

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s from the

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- the Cacao rich area was subsequently ravaged. Matina was created on 24 June 1969 by Ley 4344.

Geography

Matina has an area of and an elevation of .

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Matina had a population of 9142 inhabitants.

References

districts of Limón Province populated places in Limón Province {{Limón-geo-stub