Independence
Independence is a village in the Stann Creek District of Belize. In 2010, Independence had a population of 4,014 people. It is a relatively large village compared to its surrounding communities.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sapfan, Public domain.
Photo: Sapfan, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 4,100 residents
- Description: place in Stann Creek District, Belize
- Also known as: “Independence and Mango Creek” and “Mango Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Michael Ashcroft Stadium and Big Creek Airport.
Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Stadium
Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium to Boca F.C. and Sagitun Football Club in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.
Big Creek Airport
Aerodrome
Big Creek Airport is an airport serving Big Creek, a sea port in the Toledo District of Belize.
Independence Airport
Aerodrome
Independence Airport, also known as Savannah Airport or Mango Creek Airport, is an airport serving Independence and Mango Creek, a coastal community straddling the border between Toledo and Stann Creek Districts in Belize. Independence Airport is situated 1½ miles west of Independence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Placencia and Seine Bight.
Placencia
Photo: nagy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Placencia is a tourist village of about 1600 people at the southern tip of the resort Placencia peninsula in Belize. It offers tourist bars, kayaking, snorkelling, diving, saltwater fly fishing, and whale shark watching.
Seine Bight
Seine Bight is a village on the Placencia Peninsula located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. It is located 2+1⁄2 miles south of Maya Beach Village and North of the village of Placencia.Placencia Peninsula
Placencia is a long, narrow peninsula – almost an island – along the Caribbean coastline of Belize. However, if you are an outdoor nature enthusiast, looking for beautiful sunsets, 25 km of barrier reef off the coast, outstanding local cuisine, all in a lush, relatively raw, natural and untouched state, you may have found your paradise.
Independence
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Stann Creek, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
16.53461° or 16° 32′ 5″ northLongitude
-88.41583° or 88° 24′ 57″ westPopulation
4,100Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)IATA airport code
INBOpen location code
768HGHMM+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2130018489OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Independence” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mango Creek”
- Dutch: “Independence and Mango Creek”
- French: “Independence and Mango Creek”
- French: “Mango Creek”
- German: “Independence and Mango Creek”
- German: “Independence”
- Japanese: “インディペンデンス・アンド・マンゴ・クリーク”
- Low German: “Independence”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Independence”
- Norwegian: “Independence”
- Polish: “Mango Creek”
- Portuguese: “Mango Creek”
- Russian: “Индепенденс и Манго-Крик”
- Spanish: “Independence and Mango Creek”
- Spanish: “Mango Creek”
- Swedish: “Mango Creek”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Malacate Beach and Godoy Bank.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Independence Church of the Nazarene.
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