Shipyard
Shipyard, also called Shipyard Colony, is a Mennonite settlement that is also an administrative village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. Shipyard was founded in 1958 by Old Colony Mennonites from Chihuahua and Durango states in Mexico.
- Type: Town with 4,000 residents
- Denomination: Mennonite
- Description: town in Orange Walk District, Belize
- Also known as: “Shipyard Colony” and “Shipyard, Belize”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guinea Grass.
Guinea Grass
Village
Guinea Grass is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. Guinea Grass is situated 5 miles northeast of Shipyard.
Shipyard
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Orange Walk District, Belize, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.92157° or 17° 55′ 18″ north
Longitude
-88.66357° or 88° 39′ 49″ west
Population
4,000
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
769HW8CP+JH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=mennonite
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Shipyard” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shipyard”
- Dutch: “Shipyard”
- German: “Shipyard”
- Irish: “Shipyard”
- Italian: “Shipyard”
- Japanese: “シップヤード”
- Low German: “Shipyard”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shipyard”
- Norwegian: “Shipyard”
- Polish: “Shipyard”
- Portuguese: “Shipyard”
- Russian: “Шипъярд”
- Spanish: “Shipyard”
- Swedish: “Shipyard”
- Ukrainian: “Шип’ярд”
- Urdu: “شپ یارڈ، بیلیز”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Blumenheim (Camp 19) and Kronstal (Camp 9).
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shipyard Park and Old Colony Church.
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